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I always forgive. They may think that makes me weak, yet really it makes me the one who is strong. ↗

— Samantha Leahy

#forgiveness-quotes #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #forgiveness

Break the rules, stand apart, ignore your head, and follow your heart, ↗

— Paula Abdul

#inspirational #success #inspirational

God is forgiving or we would not still be walking this world. But to be moral is not to need his divine forgiveness, I think. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#god #morganville-vampires #religion #forgiveness

Any fool can criticise, condemn & complain but, it takes character & self control to be understanding & forgiving ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#forgiveness

On Jesus' rock, my life abounds; all other floors are slippery grounds. His love for me, is mercy band; any other love is sinking sand. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#band #begotten-son #bible #christ #floor

It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you have never faced it before. It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself. ↗

— Betty Friedan

#feminism #identity #independence #living-vicariously #self-discovery

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if hes does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#solitude #freedom

We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#stories #freedom

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. ↗

— Thich Nhat Hanh

#breathing #feelings #meditation #mindfulness #freedom

The man that I named the Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every time you place a book in the hands of a child, you do the same thing. It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere. It gives him choices. It gives him freedom. Those are magnificent, wonderfully unsafe things. [from her Newberry Award acceptance speech] ↗

— Lois Lowry

#on-writing #freedom