Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Bible

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

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

Lawana Blackwell

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

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

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

Proverb, Spanish

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

Camus, Albert

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.

Celine, Louis-Ferdinand

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

Edwards, Tryon

10.

We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

Butler, Samuel

11.

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

Sophocles

12.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

13.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

14.

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

Real Live Preacher

15.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

16.

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

Twain, Mark

17.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

18.

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

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.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

21.

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

Lauter

23.

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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When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

25.

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

26.

Forgotten is forgiven.

27.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

28.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

29.

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

Bible

30.

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!

Shaw, George Bernard

31.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

32.

In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action.

Arendt, Hannah

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

Bacon, Francis

34.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

35.

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

Boese, Paul

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

Dietrich, Marlene

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

Brown, Les

40.

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

41.

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

Augustine, St.

42.

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 oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

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We pardon to the extent that we love.