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    The fairest action of our human life
    Is scorning to revenge an injury;
    For who forgives without a further strife,
    His adversary's heart to him doth tie:
    And 'tis a firmer conquest, truly said,
    To win the heart than overthrow the head.

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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to read more

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.

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One forgives to the degree that one loves.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

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When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is read more

When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.

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And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of read more

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.

by Joseph J. Ellis Found in: Forgiveness Quotes,
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She hugged the offender, and forgave the offense,
Sex to the last.

She hugged the offender, and forgave the offense,
Sex to the last.

by John Dryden Found in: Forgiveness Quotes,
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Thou whom avenging pow'rs obey,
Cancel my debt (too great to pay)
Before the sad accounting day.

Thou whom avenging pow'rs obey,
Cancel my debt (too great to pay)
Before the sad accounting day.

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He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

by George Herbert Found in: Forgiveness Quotes,
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The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he read more

The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise. -Alden Nowlan.

by Alden Nowlan Found in: Forgiveness Quotes,
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