Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Balzac, Honore De

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

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

Augustine, St.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

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

Bible

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

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

Heine, Heinrich

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

Balzac, Honore De

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the republic of the guillotine.

Camus, Albert

10.

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

Bacon, Francis

11.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

12.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

13.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

14.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

15.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

16.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

17.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

18.

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

Bible

19.

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

Lawana Blackwell

20.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

21.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

22.

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

23.

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

Proverb

24.

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

Lauter

25.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

26.

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

27.

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

Proverb, Spanish

28.

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

Dolores Huerta

29.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

30.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

31.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

32.

Forgotten is forgiven.

33.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

34.

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

35.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

36.

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

Bible

37.

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

38.

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

Brown, Les

39.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

40.

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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Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.