Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Augustine, St.

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

1.

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

Wilde, Oscar

2.

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

Lawana Blackwell

3.

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

4.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

5.

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

Heine, Heinrich

6.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

7.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

8.

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

Edwards, Tryon

9.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

10.

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

11.

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

12.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

13.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

14.

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

Balzac, Honore De

15.

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

16.

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

Sophocles

17.

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

Augustine, St.

18.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

19.

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.

20.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

21.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

22.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

23.

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

Auson

24.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

25.

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

Dolores Huerta

26.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

27.

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

28.

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

Proverb

29.

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

30.

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

Bible

31.

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

32.

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

Boese, Paul

33.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

34.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

35.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

36.

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

Twain, Mark

37.

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

Bible

38.

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

39.

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

Szasz, Thomas

40.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

41.

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

42.

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

43.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

44.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

45.

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

Euripides

46.

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