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title: "6 Forgiving Just Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [I don't know about forgiving, but it's an "I'm still here." And it's not just because I have nowhere else to go.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/i-don-t-know-about-forgiving-but-it-s-an-i-m-still-here-and-it-s-not/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

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> [Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-the-apostle/be-kind-and-compassionate-to-one-another-forgiving-each-other-just-as/)

[Paul the Apostle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-the-apostle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/031/paul-the-apostle-10243_be-kind_be-kind-and-compassionate-to-one-another_333895.jpg)

> [“See, I thought I had figured out what I could do to make this whole thing right. ... But then I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-stein/see-i-thought-i-had-figured-out-what-i-could-do-to-make-this-whole/)

[Charlotte Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-stein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/charlotte-stein-3450_apologies_see-i-thought-i-had-figured-out-what-i-c_1413734.jpg)

> [Forgiving is just the first step...Its just the forgetting part that makes me trip and fall...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/forgiving-is-just-the-first-step-its-just-the-forgetting-part-that/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/anonymous-1_first-step_forgiving-is-just-the-first-step-its-jus_2185213.jpg)

> [Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/without-using-the-word-everyone-started-forgiving-each-other-again/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de0/anne-lamott-188_bigs_without-using-the-word-everyone-started_2877795.png)

> [“Forgiveness doesn’t make one person better, or the other guy smaller. Forgiving is just letting go. It’s turning back toward being what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-fahey/forgiveness-doesn-t-make-one-person-better-or-the-other-guy-smaller/)

[Edward Fahey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-fahey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/edward-fahey-59837_forgiveness_forgiveness-doesn-t-make-one-person-bett_3117666.jpg)

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