Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

I never forgive, but I always forget.

- Balfour, Arthur James

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

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

Lawana Blackwell

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

Bacon, Francis

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

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

Higginson, Ella

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

Bierce, Ambrose

10.

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

11.

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

Euripides

12.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

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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.

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Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

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

Boese, Paul

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I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

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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 if your friend does evil to you, say to him, I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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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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A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

21.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

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

Richter, Jean Paul

23.

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

Sophocles

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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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Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

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We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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

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

Lauter

31.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

32.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

33.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

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

Mahatma Gandhi

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

Proverb, Spanish

36.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

Real Live Preacher

40.

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

Edwards, Tryon

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

Twain, Mark

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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

44.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

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

Brown, Les

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When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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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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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