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Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

Birthname

AKA Samuel Butler

Educated At Shrewsbury School, St John's College

Nationality United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And North Ireland

Occupations Painter, Farmer, Science Fiction Writer, Novelist, Writer

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We all love best not those who offend us least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

— Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler

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Forgiveness is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.

— Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

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The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it…

— Nicholas Sparks, At First Sight

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Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

— August Wilson, A quote by August Wilson

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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

— Thomas Szasz, A quote by Thomas Szasz

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Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.

— Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

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One day I will forgive you; until then there are scabs everywhere that you have touched me.

— Salvador Plascencia, The People of Paper

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One day I will forgive you; until then there are scabs everywhere that you have touched me.

— Salvador Plascencia, The People of Paper

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

— Gandhi, All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

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To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

— Lewis B. Smedes, Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don't Deserve (Plus)

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It seems we need someone to know us as we are - with all we have done - and forgive us. We need to tell. We need to be whole in someone’s sight: Know this about me, and yet love me. Please.

— Sue Miller, While I Was Gone

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Sometimes, the truth comes out in ways you wish it didn’t; all you can do is hope that someday you will be forgiven, that the blemish will be erased from the permanent record known as your soul.

— Ted Michael, Crash Test Love

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Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

— Aesop, Aesop's Fables (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)

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Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

— Steve Maraboli, via Facebook

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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

— Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

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Please tell me you forgive me. I was so awful. I love you, you know that. I would never want to hurt you, never.

— JB, A Little Life: A Novel

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We should forgive the ones of us that are weaker and support the ones of us that are stronger.

— Dave Chappelle, The Bird Revelation

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The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

— Demi Lovato, Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year

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Forgive yourself for the decisions you have made, the ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at night.

— Sarah Kay, No Matter the Wreckage

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You seem to forgive everyone everything, so once in a while, you should allow others to forgive you.

— Jude Deveraux, Temptation

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I’m all done with hating you. It’s all washed out of me. I hate people hard, but I don’t hate them very long.

— Raymond Chandler, The Lady in the Lake

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Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence.

— Desmond Tutu, Exploring Forgiveness

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The energy of hatred won't get you anywhere; but the energy of forgiveness, which reveals itself through love, will transform your life in a positive way.

— Paulo Coelho, The Zahi

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Don’t become who hurt you.

— Julia Perluzzo, Untitled

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Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and forgiving heart. Be the one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.

— Marvin J. Ashton, The Tongue Can Be a Sharp Sword - Marvin J. Ashton

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To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.

— Robert Muller, via GoodReads

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It made me wonder how many times we forgive just because we don’t want to lose someone, even if they don’t deserve our forgiveness.

— Deb Caletti, Honey, Baby, Sweetheart

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There was a lot of apologizing going on, but I realized that was how it was with people you cared about. You forgave each other and moved on.

— Richelle Mead, Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel

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You’re allowed to miss the people who were bullets to you, but you’re not allowed to let them shoot you again.

— Reyna Biddy, I Love My Love

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The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.

— Douglas Kennedy, The Pursuit of Happiness: A Novel

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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

— Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973)

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I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment — we are all defined by something we can’t change.

— Simon Van Booy, The Illusion Of Separateness

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None of us can take back what we’ve done in the past, the most meaningful apology is how you live the rest of your life.

— Penny Beernsten, Being Wrong

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I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk.

— Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.’

— Marilyn Monroe, A Quote by Marilyn Monroes

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Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

— Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.

— Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

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The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.

— Douglas Kennedy, The Pursuit of Happiness: A Novel

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There were different kinds of strength. I knew that now. It didn’t always come from a knife or a willingness to fight. Sometimes it came from endurance, where the well ran deep and quiet. Sometimes it came from compassion and forgiveness.

— Ann Aguirre, Enclave (The Razorland Trilogy)

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Don’t get mad. Don’t get even. Do better. Much better. Rise above. Become so engulfed in your own success that you forget it ever happened.

— Donald Driver, No Title

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People have to forgive. We don't have to like them, we don't have to be friends with them, we don't have to send them hearts in text messages, but we have to forgive them, to overlook, to forget. Because if we don't we are tying rocks to our feet, too much for our wings to carry!

— C Joybell C, C. Joybell C. Dot Com

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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else — you are the one who gets burned.

— Commonly Attributed To Buddha, “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of harming another; you end up getting burned.”

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As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.

— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

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Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.

— Wm. Paul Young, The Shack

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Forgive them. All of your Thems. The more Thems you can forgive, the lighter you'll feel.

— Karen Salmansohn, Twitter

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A happy marriage is about three things: memories of togetherness, forgiveness of mistakes and a promise to never give up on each other.

— Pamarthy Akash, Anonymous

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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.

— Louisa May Alcott, 25 Quotes About Mothers To Remind You How Awesome She Is

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It’s strange how someone who was once my best friend became a total stranger.

— Kristin Addis, An Open Letter To The One Who Got Away

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Compassion is the key to this, all of this. If we could all stop and breathe and find more room for compassion, for forgiveness, for proud and honest love for everyone around us, my goodness what a tidal wave of change would spill across the planet.

— Tyler Knott Gregson, via tylerknott.com

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So, thank you so much after all for getting away. You brought me back to the most important person in my life: me.

— Kristin Addis, An Open Letter To The One Who Got Away

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You deserve the love that makes you feel appreciated and valued despite the imperfections marked all over you, that even though there are times you screw things up, you don’t have to be sorry because you’re accepted as you are and forgiven as you will be.

— Nicole Phreeman, This Is The Kind Of Love Worth Waiting For

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