Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Auson

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.

Bierce, Ambrose

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

Sophocles

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

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

Augustine, St.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

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

Higginson, Ella

10.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

11.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

12.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

13.

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

14.

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.

15.

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

Bible

16.

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

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

Richter, Jean Paul

18.

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

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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

20.

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

Twain, Mark

21.

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

Boese, Paul

22.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

23.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

24.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

25.

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

26.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

27.

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

Proverb

28.

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

Szasz, Thomas

29.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

30.

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

Heine, Heinrich

31.

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

Bible

32.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

33.

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

Euripides

34.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

35.

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

Wilde, Oscar

36.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

37.

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

Edwards, Tryon

39.

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

Lawana Blackwell

40.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

41.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

42.

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

Proverb, Spanish

43.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

44.

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

Thomas Szasz

45.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

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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

48.

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

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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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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