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Always you find that the more decisive event wins so my father's sort of annual decisiveness which came upon him on the Day of Atonement every year, he suddenly remembered that he was Jewish. -- Janet Suzman
My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston. -- Lionel Blue
There is no sin or transgression, pain or sorrow, which is outside of the healing power of His Atonement. -- C. Scott Grow
The enabling power of the Atonement strengthens us to do and be good and to serve beyond our own individual desire and natural capacity. -- David A. Bednar
Through His Atonement, He heals not only the transgressor, but He also heals the innocent who suffer because of those transgressions. As the innocent exercise faith in the Savior and in His Atonement and forgive the transgressor, they too can be healed. -- C. Scott Grow
Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement. -- Otto Weininger
You can't get real happy or real depressed when you play baseball. Baseball is a great sport in that it offers a player a lot of opportunities for atonement. -- Mike Piazza
Allow Christ's Atonement to change and heal your heart. -- Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity. -- Lord Byron
The Atonement is our singular hope for a meaningful life. -- Tad R. Callister
The miracle of the Atonement can make up for imperfections in our performance. -- Gary E. Stevenson
When you understand the Atonement, then you understand the joy of being rescued. -- M. Russell Ballard
If you feel guilty or quietly ashamed, seek the power of the Atonement. -- Neill F. Marriott
The important questions focus on what matters most-Heavenly Father's plan and the Savior's Atonement. -- M. Russell Ballard
Because of the Saviors Atonement, repentance is a beautiful word and a marvelous refuge. -- Theodore M. Burton
I was known for a while for doing very long takes, especially after Atonement. -- Joe Wright
Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, all will be made right in the Lord's timing. -- Richard G. Scott
The infinite Atonement is for both the sinner and for the saint in each of us. -- David A. Bednar
Embrace more deeply His love, His mercy and grace, and the powerful gifts of His Atonement. -- Neil L. Andersen
The Savior accomplished the Atonement, which resolves the most terrible burdens that can occur in this life. -- Quentin L. Cook
Faith in the Atonement of Jesus Christ will provide strength and capacity needed for a successful life. -- Richard G. Scott
It is not possible for you to sink lower than the infinite light of Christ's Atonement shines. -- Jeffrey R. Holland
On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt. -- Laura Schlessinger
How can a novelist achieve atonement when with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also god? -- Ian Mcewan
The atonement was an intimate, personal experience in which Jesus came to know how to help each of us. -- Merrill J. Bateman
Atonement by the blood of Jesus is not an arm of Christian truth; it is the heart of it. -- Charles Spurgeon
Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can learn from our experience without being condemned by our experience. -- Bruce C. Hafen
The Crucifixion, Atonement, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ mark the beginning of a Christian Life, not the end of it. -- Jeffrey R. Holland
Rationalization for bad choices will not be effective, but repentance will. Those who repent will be particularly blessed by the Atonement. -- Quentin L. Cook
Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters. -- John Banville
Even with the trials of life, because of the Savior's Atonement and his grace, righteous living will be rewarded with personal peace. -- Quentin L. Cook
The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as prayer. -- Boyd K. Packer
Use the Day of Atonement not to pray for the dead but to act for the living, to rescue those about to die. -- Howard Zinn
The full benefit of forgiveness of sin through the Savior's Atonement begins with repentance and baptism and then expands upon receiving the Holy Ghost. -- James E. Faust
By the nourishing spirit of the temple we can learn the reality, the power and the hope of the Savior's Atonement in our personal life. -- Neill F. Marriott
Tribulations often enrich, refine, and guide us to a deeper understanding of the purpose of our existence here in mortality and of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. -- Jose A. Teixeira
The Atonement of Christ is the most transcendental event that has ever occurred or that will ever occur, since the sunrise of creation to all ages of eternity -- Bruce R. McConkie
When we ponder His voluntary atonement, any sense of sacrifice on our part becomes completely overshadowed by a profound sense of gratitude for the privilege of serving Him. -- Russell M. Nelson
The atonement in Jesus Christ's blood is perfect; there isn't anything that can be added to it. It is spotless, impeccable, flawless. It is perfect as God is perfect. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
The Lord's authorized servants repeatedly teach that one of the principal purposes of our mortal existence is to be spiritually changed and transformed through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. -- David A. Bednar
The Atonement of Jesus Christ is rightfully seen as the central fact, the crucial foundation, and the chief doctrine of the plan of salvation, which we are called to teach. -- Jeffrey R. Holland
The depth of our belief in the Resurrection and the Atonement of the Savior will, I believe, determine the measure of courage and purpose with which we meet life's challenges. -- James E. Faust
The Atonement of Jesus Christ outweighs, surpasses, and transcends every other mortal event, every new discovery, and every acquisition of knowledge, for without the Atonement all else in life is meaningless. -- Tad R. Callister
Peace is the precious fruit of a righteous life. It is possible because of the Atonement of the Savior. It is earned through full repentance, for that leads to refreshing forgiveness. -- Richard G. Scott
If the history of the Day of Atonement has anything to say to us now it is: never relieve individuals of moral responsibility. The more we have, the more we grow. -- Jonathan Sacks
As to remedying our personal mistakes, we face no hindering traffic jams on the road of repentance. It is a toll road, not a freeway, and applying Christ's Atonement will speed us along." -- Neal A. Maxwell
Through the Savior's Atonement and by following these basic patterns of faithfulness, we receive "power from on high" to face the challenges of life. We need this divine power today more than ever. -- Robert D. Hales
Teach yourself and teach your families about the gift of the Holy Ghost and the Atonement of Jesus Christ. You will do no greater eternal work than within the walls of your own home. -- Boyd K. Packer
In this world, the only true joy comes from the gospel - the joy that radiates from the Atonement and from ordinances that transcend the veil, and from the Comforter that salves our souls. -- Sheri L. Dew
It isn't enough to just be on the journey; we must be awake to our duty and continue with faith as we draw upon the comforting, strengthening, enabling, and healing power of the Atonement. -- Carole M. Stephens
The healing power of charity, bestowed by our Father and made possible by the Atonement of Jesus Christ, can make it virtually impossible for us even to feel emotions common to the natural man. -- Sheri L. Dew
Atonement is a journey of healing that moves from the pain between a victim and an oppressor, through forgiveness, the making of amends, the relief of anger and compassion for the victim, to deep reconciliation. -- Phil Cousineau
I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things, as well. I like things that have a twist - like 'Atonement,' which I haven't read obviously, as I'm a bit young. -- Saoirse Ronan
Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, each of us can become clean and the burden of our rebellion will be lifted. Remember, repentance is not punishment. It is the hope-filled path to a more glorious future. -- Richard G. Scott
The overwhelming message of the Atonement is the perfect love the Savior has for each and all of us. It is a love which is full of mercy, patience, grace, equity, long-suffering, and, above all, forgiving. -- James E. Faust
When we strive to keep the commandments of God, repenting of our sins and promising our best efforts to follow the Savior, we begin to grow in confidence that through the Atonement everything will be all right. -- Wilford W. Andersen
I would rather believe a limited atonement that is efficacious for all men for whom it was intended, than a universal atonement that is not efficacious for anybody, except the will of men be added to it. -- Charles Spurgeon
The one help we all need is given to us freely though the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Having faith in Jesus Christ and In His Atonement means relying completely on Him-trusting in His infinite power, intelligence, and love. -- Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Remember that becoming people of integrity and honesty is not simply a matter of more personal determination, more grit, and more willpower; rather, it is accomplished through the enabling power of the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. -- David A. Bednar
The truth is that we all need repentance. If we are capable of reason and past the age of eight, we all need the cleansing that comes through applying the full effects of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. -- Henry B. Eyring
It is by giving our whole hearts to the Master and keeping His commandments that we come to know Him. In time, through the power of the Atonement, our hearts are changed, and we can become like Him. -- Henry B. Eyring
Man unquestionably has impressive powers... But after all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from the effects of our sins without the grace extended by the atonement of Jesus Christ... Man cannot earn his own salvation. -- Dallin H. Oaks
Learning by faith and from experience are two of the central features of the Father's plan of happiness. The Savior preserved moral agency through the Atonement and made it possible for us to act and to learn by faith. -- David A. Bednar
Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I get sent a lot of novels that people think will work as movies. So every now and then I make a point of sitting down and reading a couple of them. -- Christopher Hampton
Hope is a gift of the Spirit. It is a hope that through the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the power of His Resurrection, we shall be raised unto life eternal and this because of our faith in the Savior. -- Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The temple is the house of the Lord. The basis for every temple ordinance and covenant"¦is the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Every activity, every lesson, all we do in the Church, point to the Lord and His holy house. -- Russell M. Nelson
The Atonement of Jesus Christ is real; it brings immortality to all and opens the door to eternal life. The gospel of Jesus Christ is again on the earth. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true and living. -- Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I want to ask you to place a significant seed in God's soil and see it work for you. Just as a special sacrifice was offered on the Day of Atonement, let me ask you to bring a very special offering. -- Benny Hinn
The demands of justice for broken law can be satisfied throughmercy, earned by your continual repentance and obedience to the laws ofGod... Through the Atonement you can live in a world where justiceassures that you will retain what you earn by obedience. -- Richard G. Scott
The Atonement is real. As you steadily do the things the Lord would have you do, a change will occur in you, and Satan's ability to lead you into the things that will destroy you and bring misery to you will become lessened. -- Henry B. Eyring
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest. -- W. H. Auden
...I fear that some of us understand just enough about the gospel to feel guilty--guilty that we are not measuring up to some undefinable standard--but not enough about the Atonement to feel the peace and strength, the power and mercy it affords us. -- Sheri Dew
We are safe on the rock which is the Savior when we have yielded in faith in Him, have responded to the Holy Spirit's direction to keep the commandments long enough and faithfully enough that the power of the Atonement has changed our hearts. -- Henry B. Eyring
With confidence we testify that the Atonement of Jesus Christ has anticipated and, in the end, will compensate all deprivation and loss for those who turn to Him. No one is predestined to receive less than all that the Father has for His children. -- D. Todd Christofferson
Grace is the divine assistance or heavenly help each of us desperately needs to qualify for the celestial kingdom. Thus, the enabling power of the Atonement strengthens us to do and be good and to serve beyond our own individual desire and natural capacity. -- David A. Bednar
I appreciate the written word and spoken word more, but Atonement sort of established so much of me. It was a character that didn't really speak, and I found that a lot of the roles I was gravitating toward after that were kind of nonverbal. -- Saoirse Ronan
Trust and confidence in Christ and a ready reliance on His merits, mercy, and grace lead to hope, through His Atonement, in the Resurrection and eternal life. Such faith and hope invite into our lives the sweet peace of conscience for which we all yearn. -- David A. Bednar
Christ came to save us. If we have taken a wrong course, the Atonement of Jesus Christ can give us the assurance that sin is not a point of no return. A safe return is possible if we will follow God's plan for our salvation -- Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The evil influence of Satan would destroy any hope we have in overcoming our mistakes. ... In contrast, Jesus reaches down to us to lift us up. Through our repentance and the gift of the Atonement, we can prepare to be worthy to stand in His presence. -- James E. Faust
Not only does the Atonement of Jesus Christ overcome the effects of the Fall of Adam and make possible the remission of our individual sins and transgressions, but His Atonement also enables us to do good and become better in ways that stretch far beyond our mortal capacities. -- David A. Bednar
Dear God, I surrender this relationship to you," means, "Dear God, let me see this person through your eyes." In accepting the Atonement, we are asking to see as God sees, think as God thinks, love as God loves. We are asking for help in seeing someone's innocence. -- Marianne Williamson
It's good to get your hands dirty a bit and to test how you see things at a given point. And it's very pleasing after writing something like 'Atonement' or 'On Chesil Beach,' which are historical, to get involved in some plausible re-enactment of the here and now. -- Ian Mcewan
When you sincerely embrace Jesus as your Saviour, and rest on His atonement for pardon, when you look to Him for daily direction, lean on Him for support, and are joined to Him in heart union, then you may be sure that you have got the everlasting rock bed underneath you. -- Theodore L. Cuyler
We cannot go back in time and change the past, but we can repent. The Savior can wipe away our tears of regret and remove the burden of our sins. His Atonement allows us to leave the past behind and move forward with clean hands, a pure heart, and a determination to do better and especially to become better. -- Dieter F. Uchtdorf
What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth? -- Aeschylus
The whole essence of the Christian religion is based on the atonement of Christ, his death and his resurrection. -- Gordon B. Hinckley
The central ideas of Christianity, an angry God and vicarious atonement, are contrary to every fact in nature, as also to the better aspirations of the human heart; they are, in our present stage of enlightenment, absurd, preposterous, and blasphemous propositions. -- Virchand Gandhi
My humble prayer is that all men everywhere may understand more fully the significance of the atonement of the Savior of all mankind, who has given us the plan of salvation which will lead us into eternal life, where God and Christ dwell. -- Harold B. Lee
Worldly influences would hinder use of our agency afforded through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. But we are agents who can act, and that affects everything in terms of how we live the gospel in our daily lives. It affects how we pray, how we study the scriptures, how we worship at church. -- David A. Bednar
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holy of holies of Jewish time. It is that rarest of phenomena, a Jewish festival without food. Instead it is a day of fasting and prayer, introspection and self-judgment when, collectively and repeatedly, we confess our sins and pray to be written into God's Book of Life. -- Jonathan Sacks
If you reflect often on how His Atonement has changed you, and if you give thanks often, you will find that your witness of Him gains power to touch the hearts of others. When those you invite out of your own testimony feel that witness, they will come to accept Him as their Lord and Savior. -- Henry B. Eyring
Trust wholly in Christ; rely altogether on His sufferings; beware of seeking to be justified in any other way than by His righteousness. Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ is sufficient for salvation. There must be atonement made for sin according to the righteousness of God. The person to make this atonement must be God and man. -- John Wycliffe
What you present as the gospel will determine what you present as discipleship. If you present as the gospel what is essentially a theory of the atonement, and you say, 'If you accept this theory of the atonement, your sins are forgiven, and when you die you will be received into heaven,' there is no basis for discipleship. -- Dallas Willard
In consequence of our limited ideas of the sufferings of Christ, we place a low estimate upon the great work of the atonement. The glorious plan of man's salvation was brought about through the infinite love of God the Father. In this divine plan is seen the most marvelous manifestation of the love of God to the fallen race. -- Ellen G. White
Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our natures can be changed. Then our power to carry burdens can be increased more than enough to compensate for the increased service we will be asked to give. -- Henry B. Eyring
The gospel of the Savior is not simply about avoiding bad in our lives; it also is essentially about doing and becoming good. And the Atonement provides help for us to overcome and avoid bad and to do and become good. Help from the Savior is available for the entire journey of mortality - from bad to good to better and to change our very nature. -- David A. Bednar
The Savior's atonement...is intimate as well as infinite. -- Merrill J. Bateman
The extent of the atonement is defined by the intent of the atonement. -- Steve Lawson
I do not believe in an atonement which is admirably wide, but fatally ineffectual. -- Charles Spurgeon
The atonement of Jesus Christ is the only remedy and rest for my soul. -- Martin Van Buren
The term "?reconciliation' describes the atonement as springing from the initiative of God Himself. -- Geerhardus Vos
Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it â?? that is what you must do. -- Fyodor Dostoevsky
God judges us on the basis of the miraculous atonement by the Cross of Christ. -- Oswald Chambers
The principle question before us is not, do we comprehend the atonement, but, do we accept it. -- George Q. Morris
It is by virtue of the atonement that God can maintain His justice and yet demonstrate His mercy... -- R. C. Sproul
God's wrath was not just withdrawn. It was spent. Full atonement can it be? Hallelujah, what a Savior! -- Kevin DeYoung
Whatever I may believe in theology, I do not believe in the doctrine of vicarious atonement in politics. -- James A. Garfield
When our minds really catch hold of the significance of Jesus' atonement, the world's hold on us loosens. -- Neal A. Maxwell
It wasn't a potential atonement actuated by the sinner, it was an actual atonement initiated by the savior. -- John F. MacArthur
It wasn't a potential atonement actuated by the sinner, it was an actual atonement initiated by the savior. -- John F. MacArthur
But the witness of the substitutionary atonement of Jesus is that God's most difficult promise has been kept. -- Sheila Walsh
The atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain. -- Boyd K. Packer
The atonement of Jesus Christ is the supreme act of love, the supreme example of selfless concern for others. -- Howard W. Hunter
People believe mistakenly, that with death comes atonement, when in reality, life is for atonement and Death is for Judgment. -- Thomas Perez
Perhaps no more beautiful passages have ever been written about the Savior's atonement and crucifixion than those written by Isaiah. -- Jeffrey R. Holland
Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough. -- Ted Chiang
Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough." -- Ted Chiang
Is it to be thought unreasonable that the people, in atonement for wrongs of a century, demand the vengeance of a single day? -- Maximilien Robespierre
My belief in the gospel of Jesus Christ and the testimony I have of the Savior and His atonement [is my personal shelter]. -- LaVell Edwards
Christ did not make the atonement when he shed his blood upon the cross. Let this fact be fixed forever in the mind. -- Uriah Smith

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