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Forgiveness Quotes by Philip Yancey
- Forgiveness is the only way to break the cycle of blame-and pain-in a relationship...It does not settle all questions of blame and justice and fairness...But…
- Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he did…
- The only thing harder than forgiveness is the alternative.
- We deserve punishment and get forgiveness; we deserve God’s wrath and get God’s love.
- Politics deals with externals: borders, wealth, crimes. Authentic forgiveness deals with the evil in a persons heart, something for which politics has no cure. Virulent…
More Forgiveness Quotes
- Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. — Hannah Arendt
- Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from… — Saint Augustine
- Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. — Jane Austen
- I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of… — Michele Bachmann
- In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. — Francis Bacon
- This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. — Francis Bacon
- I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist. — Alan Ball
- The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. — Honore de Balzac
- One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed. — Bernard Baruch
- I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while… — Mario Batali