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Power Quotes by Lewis B. Smedes
- Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. If you twist it into something it was never meant to be, it can make you…
- Kindness is the power that moves us to support and heal someone who offers nothing in return.
- If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have...they are given the…
- Can you stop your memory on a dime, put it in reverse, and spin it in another direction the way you can reverse direction on…
- Hope is to our spirits what oxygen is to our lungs. Lose hope and you die. They may not bury you for awhile, but without…
- You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.
- You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who have hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.
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- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo