Marilyn Monroe on forgiveness
Marilyn Monroe121 quotes“I don’t forgive people because I’m weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.”
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I’ve looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.
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Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie I give forgiveness like salt and pepper in a restaurant – Turn my world upside down and it’ll pour out of me, flowing freely, until I’m empty.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola Forgiveness is a gift to yourself. It frees you from the past, past experiences, and past relationships. It allows you to live in the present time. When you forgive yourself and forgive others, you are indeed free.
Louise HayLouise Hay If you choose to forgive someone who has wronged you rather than to hate that person, you shift the frequency of your Light.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav There comes a day when, for someone who has persecuted us, we feel only indifference, a weariness at his stupidity. Then we forgive him.
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