Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Higginson, Ella

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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.

Augustine, St.

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

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

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

Forgiveness is the healing of wounds caused by another. You choose to let go of a past wrong and no longer be hurt by it. Forgiveness is a strong move to make, like turning your shoulders sideways to walk quickly on a crowded sidewalk. It's your move.

Real Live Preacher

10.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. [Ephesians 1:7]

Bible

11.

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

12.

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

Boese, Paul

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If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?

Dolores Huerta

14.

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

Lawana Blackwell

15.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

16.

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

17.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

18.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive.

Beecher, Henry Ward

19.

Their errors have been weighed and found to have been dust in the balance; if their sins were as scarlet, they are now white as snow: they have been washed in the blood of the mediator and the redeemer, Time.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

Sophocles

21.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

22.

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

23.

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

Bacon, Francis

24.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

25.

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

Bible

26.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

27.

No one forgives with more grace and love than a child.

Real Live Preacher

28.

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

29.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

30.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

31.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

32.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

Balzac, Honore De

33.

If I die, I forgive you. If I live we shall see.

Proverb, Spanish

34.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

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.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

37.

Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.

Twain, Mark

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

Bible

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One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.

Celine, Louis-Ferdinand

40.

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

Szasz, Thomas

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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it

Twain, Mark

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Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

Edwards, Tryon

43.

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!

Shaw, George Bernard

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Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Richter, Jean Paul

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In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action.

Arendt, Hannah

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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

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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

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The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business.

Mitchell, Margaret

49.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

50.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De