Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Bible

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

Lauter

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Dietrich, Marlene

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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

Szasz, Thomas

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

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

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

Forgotten is forgiven.

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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

11.

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

Real Live Preacher

12.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

13.

Forgive you? -- Oh, of course, dear, a dozen times a week! We women were created forgiveness but to speak.

Higginson, Ella

14.

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

15.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

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

Edwards, Tryon

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Bible

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Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

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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

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

Heine, Heinrich

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

Auson

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Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

25.

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

Proverb, Spanish

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

28.

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

Bacon, Francis

29.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

30.

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

Sophocles

31.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

32.

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

Brown, Les

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God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

34.

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

Dolores Huerta

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

Thomas Szasz

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

Proverb

38.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Twain, Mark

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We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

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Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much.

Wilde, Oscar

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A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

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

Bierce, Ambrose

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

Balzac, Honore De

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

Harris, Sidney J.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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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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Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira