FORGIVENESS QUOTES
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-- Mother Teresa"It takes courage and commitment to act in a more forgiving fashion. It is not at all a sign of weakness but a mark of strength."
-- Carl ThorensenGenuine forgiveness is participation, reunion overcoming the powers of estrangement. . . We cannot love unless we have accepted forgiveness, and the deeper our experience of forgiveness is, the greater is our love.
-- Paul Tillich
"Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace”
-- Leo Tolstoy
"Forgiveness is taking seriously the awfulness of what has happened when you are treated unfairly. Forgiveness is not pretending that things are other than the way they are."
-- Desmond Tutu"Forgiveness and reconciliation are not just ethereal, spiritual, other-worldly activities. They have to do with the real world. They are realpolitik, because in a very real sense, without forgiveness, there is no future."
-- Desmond Tutu
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
-- Mark Twain
Love is an act of endless forgiveness.
-- Peter UstinovAlways forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
-- Oscar Wilde
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
-- Marianne WilliamsonForgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
-- Marianne WilliamsonThe first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.
-- Marianne WilliamsonOur past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it.
-- Marianne Williamson"If I hold a grudge because I'm angry, I feel strong. But to set that anger aside takes real strength."
-- Everett L. Worthington, Jr."Until recently, the tools of science have not been employed to investigate forgiveness. The new wave of research we've begun, however, has the potential to reveal the profound value of forgiveness in our lives -- information that could reduce human misery and increase the quality of life worldwide."
-- Everett L. Worthington, Jr.Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.
-- Brigham Young
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