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" Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate. You're hurting yourself. And that's a healing. Actually, it's a real healing, forgiveness. "

Louis Zamperini

Forgiveness

Yourself

Healing

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" Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day. "

" Things happen for a reason, and the only thing you can do is at night time get on your knees and ask God for forgiveness for anything that you did that you didn't feel was right. "

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" As forces of hate in this country and worldwide try to pull Muslims and Christians apart, we are in desperate need of a unifying force that can bridge the widening gap of interfaith misunderstanding and mistrust. That force could be the message of love, peace, and forgiveness taught by Jesus and accepted by followers of both faiths. "

" Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. "

" Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven. "

" Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that won't be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense. "

" There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love. "

" It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself. "

" Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself. "

" God forgive you, but I never can. "

" Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense. "

" And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness. "

" Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another. "

" A wonderful quality about America is that we love redemption stories. We're quick to lash out and assign blame, but we also draw from deep reservoirs of forgiveness. "

" No person is perfect. I haven't, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can't say what you won't ever do. And you can't say that you won't have forgiveness in your heart if there were to be an issue like that. "

" Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you. "

" God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. "

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

Lee Unkrich

Achieve

You

" Not only were the Jewish people beloved, but God himself had taken pains to let them know it. Could there be any clearer sign that he continued to believe in their potential, even without the Temple, to achieve forgiveness and ultimately merit the Temple's rebuilding? "

" One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret - how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me. "

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" I desired to become a Christian, and prayed earnestly for the forgiveness of my sins. I felt a peace of mind resulting, and loved every one, feeling desirous that all should have their sins forgiven, and love Jesus as I did. "

" The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world. "

" Forgiveness takes time. It is the last step of the grieving process. "

" Most of us need time to work through pain and loss. We can find all manner of reasons for postponing forgiveness. One of these reasons is waiting for the wrongdoers to repent before we forgive them. Yet such a delay causes us to forfeit the peace and happiness that could be ours. "

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

" To my younger self, I would say unless you're literally in danger, ask forgiveness instead of asking permission. "

" What is forgiven is usually well remembered. "