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

Craig T. Nelson

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" The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on. "

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

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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. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" 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

" Sin penetrates to the heart, darkens and hardens it until it extinguishes the light of belief. Each sin has a path that leads to unbelief. Unless that sin is swiftly obliterated by seeking God's forgiveness, it grows from a worm into a snake that gnaws at the heart. "

" We believe that the farm should be building 'forgiveness' into the ecosystem. What does that mean? That a more forgiving ecosystem is one that can better handle drought, flood, disease, pestilence. "

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

" I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. "

Gerald Jampolsky

" It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. "

Francis of Assisi

" Do you ever achieve total forgiveness after screwing up? "

" You can only do so much grunting and groaning and then you're done, you know? "

Craig T. Nelson

" Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. "

Saint Augustine

" I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion. "

Andrea Thompson

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

" 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. "

" 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

" Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. "

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

" I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. "

Henry Ward Beecher

" Once people are not here physically, the spiritual remains. We still connect, we can communicate, we can give and receive love and forgiveness. There is love after someone dies. "

Sandra Cisneros

" Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge. "

" Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his 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

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

" I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive. "

" I've been interested in the idea of forgiveness and the necessity of it. I think of it as the most critical piece of any relationship, whether that be business, or romantic, or familial. We fail each other. We make mistakes. If we contract to go on after those mistakes, forgiveness is involved. Forgiveness is required. "

" Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. "

" I would say that playing this character has caused me to think about a lot of things. He's always questioning himself and trying to get back to something he lost touch with and trying to find forgiveness. Everybody struggles with these things to some extent in their life. "

" If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very focal point for forgiveness and redemption. "

" Each life is unique. But for all, repentance will surely include passing through the portal of humble prayer. Our Father in Heaven can allow us to feel fully the conviction of our sins. He knows the depths of our remorse. He can then direct what we must do to qualify for forgiveness. "

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