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" It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him. "

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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. "

" Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me. "

" I believe in forgiveness, I believe in second chances, and I believe we should find a way to restore the Second Amendment rights to people who are qualified and have shown themselves qualified to have those rights restored to them. "

" Through faith in the Lord Jesus alone can we obtain forgiveness of our sins, and be at peace with God; but, believing in Jesus, we become, through this very faith, the children of God; have God as our Father, and may come to Him for all the temporal and spiritual blessings which we need. "

" And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad. "

" God forgives those who invent what they need. "

Lillian Hellman

" Without forgiveness, there's no future. "

" 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. "

" To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing. "

" Thankfully, forgiveness, and the healing it brings in its wake, has nothing to do with 'deserve.' "

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

Martin Luther King, Jr.

" I read everything, but generally more fact than fiction - especially autobiographies and biographies. I've read 'Long Walk to Freedom' by Nelson Mandela at least twice on holiday. Every time, I'm totally awed by his vision, strength and forgiveness. I feel honoured to have got to know him and his wonderful wife Graca over the years. "

Richard Branson

" God forgive you, but I never can. "

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

George MacDonald

" The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world. "

Marianne Williamson

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

Jennifer O'Neill

" We cannot go alone to God. We belong to His Mystical Body, the Church; by even our most secret sins, if they be grievous, we have injured the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ and must ask forgiveness of His Mystical Body, too. "

" Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. "

" You can't legislate into existence an act of forgiveness and a true confession; those are mysteries of the human heart, and they occur between one individual and another individual, not a panel of judges sitting asking questions, trying to test your truth. "

" He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven. "

" As a practicing Catholic all my life, my faith and the church are never far from my mind. The lessons I learned in the church have structured the way I've approached my life and my career. They were lessons of grace, kindness, forgiveness, and compassion. "

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

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

Robert Downey, Jr.

" I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch. "

" 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. "

" The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. "

" If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart. "

" Life is life. You have to learn how to forgive people and how to gain forgiveness for yourself. "

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