Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

- Hubbard, Kin

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

Shaw, George Bernard

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.

Gibran, Kahlil

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

Szasz, Thomas

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Lauter

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

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

Brown, Les

10.

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

Lawana Blackwell

11.

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

12.

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

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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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Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the republic of the guillotine.

Camus, Albert

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

Bierce, Ambrose

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When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.

Lawana Blackwell

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Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

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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

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There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

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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

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

Boese, Paul

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

Augustine, St.

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Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

28.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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

Euripides

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Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

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

Proverb

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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

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

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

Balzac, Honore De

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Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

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What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

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

Higginson, Ella

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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

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We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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.

42.

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

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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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Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

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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

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

Mahatma Gandhi

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

Dolores Huerta

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

Edwards, Tryon

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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note -- torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

Beecher, Henry Ward