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" For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? "

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" I could see that it was God's forgiveness and His mercy that I needed, and that was provided through Christ on the Cross for those who will receive Him as Lord and Savior. That is how I came to Christ. "

Kirk Cameron

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Him

" Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. "

" Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart. "

" The characteristics of an authentically empowered personality are humbleness, clarity, forgiveness and love. "

" I'm currently in an interesting correspondence with a nun about forgiveness. "

" The forgiveness that comes of patient interpretation seems impossible when those nearest to your heart are threatened. "

" The power of forgiveness transcends personal relationships. "

" If you look at everything I do - even in 'Boo!' there's a message, and it's always 'faith, family, forgiveness.' That's the greatest gift that I've been given. I can get a message to the very people I grew up with, the millions who love what I do. "

" It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. "

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Forgiveness

" God created us for love, for union, for forgiveness and compassion and, yet, that has not been our storyline. That has not been our history. "

" 'Ida' is about humanity, about guilt and forgiveness. It's not a film that deals with an issue as such. It's more universal. "

Pawel Pawlikowski

Humanity

Guilt

" Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. "

" Many people have trouble with forgiveness because they have been taught it is a singular act to be completed in one sitting. That is not so. Forgiveness has many layers, many seasons. "

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Seasons

Trouble

Forgiveness

" Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. "

" Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things. "

" I realized that it's all really one, that John Lennon was correct. We utilize the music to bring down the walls of Berlin, to bring up the force of compassion and forgiveness and kindness between Palestines, Hebrews. Bring down the walls here in San Diego, Tijuana, Cuba. "

" Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in. "

" The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven. "

" The Queen has well-informed opinions of many of her bishops and likes those who are straightforward and intelligent. Both she and Prince Philip believe Christianity is as much about forgiveness as morality. "

" I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget. "

Chaim Herzog

Living

Forgiveness

" Once people are not here physically, the spiritual remains. We still connect, we can communicate, we can give and receive love and forgiveness. There is love after someone dies. "

" One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious. "

Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Forgive

Forgiveness

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" No poem in the world could do my mom justice. Despite circumstance and adversity, she had an unwavering love for her kids and a faith-based, boundless capacity for forgiveness. "

" The things the writers have me doing on 'Suburgatory' are insane. I think they think it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. "

" When you make a mistake and the devil comes and tells you 'You're no good,' you don't have to take on the guilt and condemnation he wants to put on you. No! You can immediately confess your mistake to God, thank Him for forgiving you and cleansing you with the blood of Jesus, and move forward in the victory of His grace and forgiveness. "

" I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion. "

" To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one can get. "

" Forgiveness is not a one-time thing that happened the day you received Christ. It is an everyday thing, for the rest of your life. "

" Do you ever achieve total forgiveness after screwing up? "

Lee Unkrich

Achieve

You

" Sin penetrates to the heart, darkens and hardens it until it extinguishes the light of belief. Each sin has a path that leads to unbelief. Unless that sin is swiftly obliterated by seeking God's forgiveness, it grows from a worm into a snake that gnaws at the heart. "