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title: "9 Strength Forgive Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 9 Strength Forgive quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Strength Forgive sayings and thoughts."
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> [We cannot change the past.We must find the strength to forgive and rebuild and move forward Which is very different than pretending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhishek-tiwari/we-cannot-change-the-past-we-must-find-the-strength-to-forgive-and/)

[Abhishek Tiwari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhishek-tiwari/)

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> [Dear God if I hurt others, give me the strength to apologize.. If people hurt me. give me the strength to forgive .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/dear-god-if-i-hurt-others-give-me-the-strength-to-apologize-if-people/)

[Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/)

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> [Oh God, if I hurt others give me the strength to apologize, and if others hurt me give me the strength to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laiba/oh-god-if-i-hurt-others-give-me-the-strength-to-apologize-and-if/)

[Laiba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laiba/)

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> [“It takes strength to forgive and love unconditionally,a nd you have that strength, Savannah. It´s what makes you shine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-madow/it-takes-strength-to-forgive-and-love-unconditionally-a-nd-you-have/)

[Michelle Madow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-madow/)

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> [“Thank you Lord for being my shield, my companion and my strength. Forgive all my flaws I pray in the name of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/euginia-herlihy/thank-you-lord-for-being-my-shield-my-companion-and-my-strength/)

[Euginia Herlihy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/euginia-herlihy/)

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> [“Give me strength to forgive. Because he who forgives is the greatest. And I know I cannot forget.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/me-a-selimovi/give-me-strength-to-forgive-because-he-who-forgives-is-the-greatest/)

[Meša Selimović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/me-a-selimovi/)

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> [“Before you get upset, let me explain. As a society, we have been taught that forgiveness is a sign of weakness. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luke-gregory/before-you-get-upset-let-me-explain-as-a-society-we-have-been-taught/)

[Luke Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luke-gregory/)

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> [People mess up. At the time they wont notice or even care of what you feel and what you do for them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayely-saldana/people-mess-up-at-the-time-they-wont-notice-or-even-care-of-what-you/)

[Nayely Saldana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayely-saldana/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/629/nayely-saldana-32825_being-a-good-person_people-mess-up-at-the-time-they-wont-not_768694.jpg)

> [If there be any who nurture in their hearts the poisonous brew of enmity toward another, I plead with you to ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-b-hinckley/if-there-be-any-who-nurture-in-their-hearts-the-poisonous-brew-of/)

[Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-b-hinckley/)

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