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" New kinds of heroics need to be celebrated - like love, thoughtfulness, forgiveness, diplomacy - or we're not going to get there. "

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

Roberto Assagioli

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

" Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness. "

" 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. "

Joseph J. Ellis

" Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness. "

" The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. "

" Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. "

William Shakespeare

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

Craig T. Nelson

" My husband was a serial adulterer, and there was nothing I could do about it: no questions I could ask him, no argument I could have with him, no explanation he could give me or pleas he could make for forgiveness. "

" How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all. "

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

" I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night. "

" 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. "

" I believe in forgiveness. "

" I think everything worked out the way it was supposed to. Mark's happier. I'm sober. There are still phone calls to be made, people I need to say something to. But everyone from Creed who I've offended or hurt, I ask for their forgiveness. "

" If you're truthful with yourself and others, forgiveness clears the path to righteousness, to grace. All we want is grace. We all want that light in our lives. And we can only get that when we go deep into truth. "

" We need Grace and forgiveness. "

Pope Benedict XVI

" 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. "

Ingrid Betancourt

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

" A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive. "

Sydney J. Harris

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

Immaculee Ilibagiza

" 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. "

Sherri Shepherd

" Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury. "

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

" 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. "

" Our lack of forgiveness makes us hate, and our lack of compassion makes us hard-hearted. Pride in our hearts makes us resentful and keeps our memory in a constant whirlwind of passion and self-pity. "

Mother Angelica

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

" There are curveballs that are thrown at you, and you just have to get over it and forgive... if you believe you're perfect, and you don't believe in forgiveness, you're not meant to be married. "

Kendra Wilkinson

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

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

" Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. "

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