Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

God has a big eraser.

- Zeoli, Billy

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

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

Twain, Mark

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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

Mitchell, Margaret

We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Bible

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

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

Bible

10.

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

Proverb

11.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

12.

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

Augustine, St.

13.

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

14.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

15.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

16.

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

17.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

18.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

19.

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

Wilde, Oscar

20.

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

Szasz, Thomas

21.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

22.

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

Heine, Heinrich

23.

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.

Hammarskjold, Dag

24.

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

Thomas Szasz

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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

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Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

27.

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

28.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

29.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

30.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

31.

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

Lauter

32.

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

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

Real Live Preacher

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

Brown, Les

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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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Forgotten is forgiven.

38.

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

Bible

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

Boese, Paul

40.

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

Higginson, Ella

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

Gibran, Kahlil

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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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God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

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

Lawana Blackwell

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Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

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

Shaw, George Bernard