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Forgiveness

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. – William Blake

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge. – Scott Adams

Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness. – Billy Graham

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? – Bell Hooks

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart. – Corrie Ten Boom

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive. – Marianne Williamson

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. – Adlai E. Stevenson

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past. – T. D. Jakes

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. – W. H. Auden

The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption. – Rick Perry

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. – Josh McDowell

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. – Frederick William Robertson

The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it. – Simon Wiesenthal

It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins. – Karl Barth

I find forgiveness to be really healthy. – Ben Affleck

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

I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships – things like forgiveness and compassion. – Andrea Thompson

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

Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts. – Mary Chesnut

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness not to sin offers only punishment. – Jose Bergamin