“If I can't forgive him, the Lord won’t forgive me.”
George Wallace (1919–1998) 45th Governor of Alabama
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“Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, book Eat, Pray, Love
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