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" I believe in the redemptive need to admit mistakes, express regret, and ask for forgiveness. "

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" On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt. "

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

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" The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too. "

" The principle that certain sins should not receive the Church's testimony of forgiveness was probably no novelty at all, but had been applied in various churches; perhaps, however, with no strict consistency. "

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

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" Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions. "

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" Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past. "

" The power of forgiveness transcends personal relationships. "

" Perhaps one could say I've worked in South Africa too long, but I believe in forgiveness, especially when a person admits a mistake, asks for forgiveness, and works to right a wrong. "

" In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus assumes that asking for forgiveness would be a daily occurrence, as would praying that we might be delivered from evil and led not into temptation. "

" We have to look at loan forgiveness to incentivise young people to pursue degrees in areas where we know we need help. "

" Denying that the issue of marriage equality has changed is being on the wrong side of history and on the wrong side of love and commitment. "

" People have to render judgment. In my case, I've said upfront openly, I've made mistakes at times. I've had to go to God for forgiveness. I've had to seek reconciliation. But I'm also a 68-year-old grandfather, and I think people have to measure who I am now and whether I'm a person they can trust. "

" We're no longer saying that people who are pro traditional marriage are bigots, and we're also not saying that people who are, like me, a Republican that is for gay marriage, is less of a Republican. "

" Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity. "

Mackenzie Phillips

" God will forgive me. It's his job. "

" 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. "

" Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

" Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons. "

" The spirit of forgiveness should prevail, and there should be tolerance and understanding among all political parties for us to move forward. "

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

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" Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption. "

" Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual. "

Jennifer O'Neill

" There would be no need for love if perfection were possible. Love arises from our imperfection, from our being different and always in need of the forgiveness, encouragement and that missing half of ourselves that we are searching for, as the Greek myth tells us, in order to complete ourselves. "

" China's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks. "

" 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. "

" People say to me all the time, 'When did you know that you had fully become an American?' And I say, 'The day I realized I loved peanut butter.' "

" People will constantly bring up my past and throw it in my face, but the Creator of the Universe doesn't. If you ask forgiveness from Him, then it's gone forever. The past is never brought up to shame you or degrade you. "