Forgiveness
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To ignore is human. To forgive is devine. -Thomas S. Monson
We cannot repent for someone else. But we can forgive someone else, refusing to hold hostage those whom the Lord seeks to set free!
-Neal A. Maxwell
You will also discover the greatest friend of all, Jesus the Christ, our Savior and Redeemer, full of perfect love and boundless compassion, with the power to forgive and forget. It is difficult for me to speak of Him, for I love Him so deeply. May the Spirit bear witness of that love and somehow touch your heart that you may find the courage to take those steps that will bring you peace and tranquility, that will restore your feelings of self-worth and place you on the path to happiness.
-Richard G. Scott
Those of us who cannot forgive and forget break the bridges over which we must pass.
-Marvin J. Ashton
Forgiveness is the miraculous ingredient that assures harmony and love in the home or the ward. Without it there is contention. Without understanding and forgiveness there is dissension, followed by lack of harmony, and this breeds disloyalty in homes, in branches and in wards.
-Spencer W. Kimball
Now, brothers and sisters, let us go to our homes and dismiss from our beings--and purge from our souls--the venom of any feeling of ill will or bitterness toward anyone. Let us strike from our hearts the unwillingness to forgive and forget; and, instead, approach men in the spirit of the Master, even those who "despitefully use you." (Matt. 5:44.) Let us pray--rather, let us plead for the spirit of forgiveness. Let us look for the good in each other--not the flaws.
-Burke Peterson
Likewise, I appeal to us all to consider anew this counsel from Jesus: "Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother." (Matt. 18:15.) To win a point does not compare with "gaining" a brother! Let us all take extra care to avoid both giving and taking offense. Let us be loving, kind, and forgiving--helping these friends to become, as Peter and Paul said, grounded, rooted, established, and settled! (See Eph. 3:17; 1 Pet. 5:10.) "The time is far spent." (Hymns, no. 184.) Savor these words quoted by a magnanimous and forgiving Prophet Joseph Smith to a repentant and returning W. W. Phelps: Come on, dear brother, since the war is past, For friends at first, are friends again at last.
-Neal A. Maxwell
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