Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

1.

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

Euripides

2.

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

3.

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

Lauter

4.

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

Real Live Preacher

5.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

6.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

7.

You should pardon many things in others, nothing in yourself.

Auson

8.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

9.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

10.

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

11.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

12.

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

Dolores Huerta

13.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

14.

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

15.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

16.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

17.

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

18.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

19.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

20.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

21.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

22.

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

Sophocles

23.

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

24.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

25.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

26.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

27.

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

28.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

29.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

30.

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

31.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

32.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

33.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

34.

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

Dietrich, Marlene

35.

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

Bacon, Francis

36.

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

Brown, Les

37.

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

Edwards, Tryon

38.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

39.

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

40.

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

Bible

41.

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

Balzac, Honore De

42.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

43.

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

44.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

45.

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

46.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

47.

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

Heine, Heinrich

48.

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

Proverb

49.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

50.

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