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Reconciliation Quotes

If there is to be reconciliation, first there must be truth.

If there is to be reconciliation, first there must be truth.

Timothy B. Tyson
Firsts, Ifs, Reconciliation
Timothy B. Tyson (2004). “Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story”, Crown Pub

Reconciliation is more beautiful than victory.

Violeta Chamorro
Beautiful, Victory, Reconciliation

You can gain reconciliation from your enemies, but you can only gain peace from yourself.

Rubin Carter
Enemy, Gains, Reconciliation

History writes the word 'Reconciliation' over all her quarrels.

Jan Smuts
Writing, Quarrels, Reconciliation
Jan Christian Smuts (1952). “Jan Christian Smuts: a biography”, William Morrow & Company

Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.

Saint Francis de Sales
Foundation, Theologian, Reconciliation

Reconciliation is not possible when one party asks the other to obliterate all signs of their relationship.

Mallory Ortberg
Party, Asks, Reconciliation
Source: www.slate.com

When I'm speaking of love, when I'm speaking of reversing hate, I'm speaking not only of reconciliation - even I don't use that word - I use another word in Spanish, that's called 'reencuentro' - it's not reconciliation.

Michelle Bachelet
Hate, Use, Reconciliation
"Chile’s New President Outlines Goals". Interview with Elizabeth Farnsworth, www.pbs.org. January 25, 2006.

Forget, forgive; conclude, and be agreed.

William Shakespeare
Forgiving, Forget, Reconciliation
William Shakespeare, Charles R. Forker (2002). “King Richard II: Third Series”, p.194, Cengage Learning EMEA

All religions remind us that actions have consequences for which guilt can and must be acknowledged, forgiveness humbly begged, reconciliation sought.

Kenneth L. Woodward
Actions Have Consequences, Guilt, Reconciliation

We must not only speak about forgiveness and reconciliation, we must act on these principles.

Desmond Tutu
Principles, Speak, Reconciliation
Desmond Tutu, John Webster (1982). “Bishop Desmond Tutu, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: a collection of his recent statements in the struggle for justice in South Africa”

I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.

Gerald R. Ford
Understanding, Holes, Reconciliation
The New York Times, September 12, 1974.

Reconciliation is the fastest way to change your life.

Mark Hart
Way, Changing Your Life, Reconciliation

The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.

Tariq Ramadan
Self, Process, Reconciliation
Tariq Ramadan (2012). “Islam and the Arab Awakening”, p.126, Oxford University Press, USA

Do I take the Gospel message of reconciliation and love into the places where I live and work?

Pope Francis
And Love, Messages, Reconciliation

Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.

Lysa TerKeurst
Optional, Reconciliation
Lysa TerKeurst (2012). “Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions”, p.43, Thomas Nelson

Remembrance is the secret of reconciliation.

Rudolf Scharping
Remembrance, Secret, Reconciliation

My Republican friends are lamenting reconciliation. But I would recommend for them to go back and look at history.

Harry Reid
Looks, Republican, Reconciliation
"Health Care Summit Backfires Big Time on Obama and the Democrats". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. February 25, 2010.

When you reach a point of no return with someone and you feel there's going to be no reconciliation, you have to disconnect. I can't allow myself to be emotionally connected with people like that again, it's too damaging.

Ellie Goulding
People, Reconciliation

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