Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

- Bacon, Francis

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

1.

Forgive you? -- Oh, of course, dear, a dozen times a week! We women were created forgiveness but to speak.

Higginson, Ella

2.

The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact.

Huxley, Aldous

3.

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

Bacon, Francis

4.

A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive

Harris, Sidney J.

5.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we would find in each person's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

6.

He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

Lauter

7.

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.

Howe, Edgar Watson

8.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

Beecher, Henry Ward

9.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

10.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Mahatma Gandhi

11.

Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much.

Wilde, Oscar

12.

It really doesn't matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.

Real Live Preacher

13.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

14.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

15.

Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever. It implies a discovery of weakness, which we are more careful to conceal than a crime. Many a man will confess his crimes to a friend; but I never knew a man that would tell his silly weaknesses to his most intimate one.

Chesterfield, Lord

16.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

17.

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

Thomas Szasz

18.

Those that do you a very ill deed will never forgive you.

Proverb

19.

Whoever approaches Me walking, I will come to him running; and he who meets Me with sins equivalent to the whole world, I will greet him with forgiveness equal to it.

Al-massabaih, Mishkat

20.

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

Dietrich, Marlene

21.

Of course God will forgive me; that's His job.

Heine, Heinrich

22.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

23.

We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

Butler, Samuel

24.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

25.

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

26.

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.

Bierce, Ambrose

27.

Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.

Lawana Blackwell

28.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

29.

Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

30.

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the na?ve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

Szasz, Thomas

31.

And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. [Ephesians 4:32]

Bible

32.

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. [Job 14:17]

Bible

33.

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men.

Beecher, Henry Ward

34.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

35.

And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?

Nietzsche, Friedrich

36.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

37.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

38.

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

Euripides

39.

If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

40.

Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and it might be wise to let them go along with your anger. Wish them well, and let them go their way.

Real Live Preacher

41.

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

Brown, Les

42.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

43.

The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.

Marden, Orison Swett

44.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.