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" I discipline churchgoers with godly lessons and sharp words if they do not change their ways. My goal is to open their hearts so that they seek forgiveness. "

William Brewster

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" Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things. "

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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? "

" Our history is an inevitable component of our being. One thing only can release us from the grip of our history. That one thing is forgiveness. "

Lewis B. Smedes

" All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives. "

" Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions. "

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" When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge. "

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" We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. "

Frederick William Robertson

" To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment. "

" When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier. "

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" My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness. "

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

" Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life. "

George MacDonald

" I cannot stand that whole game of confession, that is: Here I have sinned, now I'm confessing my sins, and describing my path of sin and then in the act of confession I beg for your forgiveness and redemption. "

Aleksandar Hemon

" 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. "

" On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level. "

" Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

" Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn't raised within the Christian church; I wasn't raised within any church. "

Ta-Nehisi Coates

" 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? "

Meir Soloveichik

" Forgiveness means letting go of the past. "

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" A prayer that must have a cannon behind it better never be uttered. Forgiveness ought not to go in partnership with shot and shell. Love need not carry knives and revolvers. "

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" I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility. "

" I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior. I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and rose again, and that's my belief. I still don't know what 'Christian' means. I'm a follower of Christ, but I keep making a whole bunch of mistakes. And I thank God for forgiveness. "

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" I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his. "

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" The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. "

" Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven. "