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

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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.

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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

Dietrich, Marlene

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

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

Edwards, Tryon

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

Balzac, Honore De

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

10.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

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

Proverb

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

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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

14.

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

Brown, Les

16.

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

Bacon, Francis

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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Forgotten is forgiven.

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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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The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact.

Huxley, Aldous

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

Dolores Huerta

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To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

Boese, Paul

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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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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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Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

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

Lawana Blackwell

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Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

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

Bierce, Ambrose

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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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.

37.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

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Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

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Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

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

Sophocles

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It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

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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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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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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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A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

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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.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

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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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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.

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