Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Beecher, Henry Ward

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

1.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

2.

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

Sophocles

3.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

4.

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

Bible

5.

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

Proverb

6.

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

Twain, Mark

7.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

8.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

9.

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

10.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

11.

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

Brown, Les

12.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

13.

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

14.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

15.

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

16.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

17.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

18.

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

Dietrich, Marlene

19.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

20.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

21.

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.

22.

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

23.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

24.

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

Bible

25.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

26.

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

Camus, Albert

27.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

28.

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

29.

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

Proverb, Spanish

30.

Forgotten is forgiven.

31.

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

32.

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

Edwards, Tryon

33.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

34.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

35.

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

36.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

37.

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

38.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

39.

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

Szasz, Thomas

40.

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

Auson

41.

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

42.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

43.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

44.

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

45.

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

Boese, Paul

46.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

47.

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

48.

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

49.

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

Real Live Preacher

50.

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

Lauter