Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

- Juoy

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

1.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

2.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

3.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

4.

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

5.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

6.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

7.

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

Wilde, Oscar

8.

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

Sophocles

9.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

10.

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

11.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

12.

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

Proverb, Spanish

13.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

14.

Forgotten is forgiven.

15.

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

16.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

17.

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

Real Live Preacher

18.

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

19.

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

Boese, Paul

20.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

21.

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

22.

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.

23.

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

Balzac, Honore De

24.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

25.

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

Bible

26.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

27.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

28.

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

Szasz, Thomas

29.

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

Higginson, Ella

30.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

31.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

32.

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

33.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

34.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

35.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

36.

Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not to others what thou wouldn't not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

Confucius

37.

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

Camus, Albert

38.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

39.

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

40.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

41.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

42.

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

Lawana Blackwell

43.

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