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" 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

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" As I read the New Testament, I find only one path to salvation - the path of an informed faith in Jesus Christ. "

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" Life is an adventure in forgiveness. "

" The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements. "

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" It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. "

" As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses. "

" I believe that we should, on biblical grounds, tell all parents of mentally disabled children that God loves their children, regrets terribly that they are disabled, and will, when they die, carry them gently into a heavenly life where every person is forever whole. "

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" Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest. "

" When you are happy you can forgive a great deal. "

" Forgiveness, in some cases, is a flipping miracle in the sense that you're fighting, and suddenly something happens. It's a kind of grace. Whether you believe in God or not, something happens, and it's transformative. "

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

" God forgive you, but I never can. "

" Can you really forgive if you can't forget? "

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" 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. "

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

" He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. "

" 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. "

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

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

Catherine the Great

" We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins. "

" These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost. "

" God created us for love, for union, for forgiveness and compassion and, yet, that has not been our storyline. That has not been our history. "

" Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. "

" Satan tries to counterfeit the work of God, and by doing this, he may deceive many. To make us lose hope, feel miserable like himself, and believe that we are beyond forgiveness, Satan might even misuse words from the scriptures that emphasize the justice of God in order to imply that there is no mercy. "

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" 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. "

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" I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget. "

" Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. "

" Forgiveness allowed me to wash my burdened past away. "

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" We need Grace and forgiveness. "

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