Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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.

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

Bible

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

Wilde, Oscar

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

Dolores Huerta

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

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

Heine, Heinrich

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

10.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

11.

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

12.

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

Proverb, Spanish

13.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

17.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

18.

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

Twain, Mark

22.

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

Auson

23.

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

Augustine, St.

25.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

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

Lauter

27.

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

Bible

28.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

29.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

30.

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

Real Live Preacher

31.

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

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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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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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

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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.

36.

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

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

Proverb

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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

39.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

40.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

41.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

42.

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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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

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There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

45.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

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To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

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