Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Bible

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

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

Heine, Heinrich

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

Augustine, St.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

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

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

10.

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

11.

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

Balzac, Honore De

12.

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

Dolores Huerta

13.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

14.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

15.

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

Szasz, Thomas

16.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

17.

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

Boese, Paul

18.

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

Lawana Blackwell

19.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

20.

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

Edwards, Tryon

21.

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

Twain, Mark

22.

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

Lawana Blackwell

23.

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

Proverb

24.

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

25.

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

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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

27.

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

28.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

29.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

30.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

31.

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

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

Thomas Szasz

34.

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

Bible

35.

Forgotten is forgiven.

36.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

37.

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.

38.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

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

Brown, Les

40.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Dietrich, Marlene

42.

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

43.

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

Bacon, Francis

44.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

45.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

46.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

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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

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

50.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy