Quote Of The Day Archives: Forgiveness

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

The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart -- far more damaging to yourself than to them. -- Lawana Blackwell

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. -- Josh Billings

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
-- Martin Luther King Jr.

There but for the grace of God go I. -- John Bradford

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. -- Paul Boese

Injuriae Addis Contumeliam. -- Anonymous

It can get very lonely in grudgeville. -- Bill Purdin

Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad.
-- Christina Rossetti

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
-- Abraham Lincoln

Forgive. It rhymes with live. -- Bill Purdin

Life is an adventure in forgiveness. -- Norman Cousins

There are higher pleasures than revenge and lust. -- Bill Purdin

The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart -- far more damaging to yourself than to them. -- Lawana Blackwell

Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always make you less than you are. -- Malcolm Forbes

Pray every day for the strength to forgive everyone for everything they have ever done for you, or ever will do to you, and then pray that they will forgive you. -- Bill Purdin

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned. --Buddha

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. -- Indira Gandhi

An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind. -- Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
-- Mahatma Gandhi

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