Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Bierce, Ambrose

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

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

Lawana Blackwell

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

Bible

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

Bible

We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

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

10.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

11.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

12.

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

Bible

13.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

14.

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

15.

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

Lawana Blackwell

16.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

17.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

18.

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

Camus, Albert

19.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

20.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

21.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

22.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

23.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

24.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

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

26.

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

Dietrich, Marlene

27.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

28.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

29.

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

30.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

31.

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

Augustine, St.

32.

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

Higginson, Ella

33.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

34.

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

35.

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

Real Live Preacher

36.

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

37.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

38.

Forgotten is forgiven.

39.

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

Bacon, Francis

40.

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

41.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

42.

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

Sophocles

43.

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

44.

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

Boese, Paul

45.

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

46.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

47.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

48.

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

Brown, Les

49.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.