Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

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

Boese, Paul

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

Balzac, Honore De

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

Thomas Szasz

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

Lawana Blackwell

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

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

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

Szasz, Thomas

10.

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

Bible

11.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

12.

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

Bible

13.

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

Sophocles

14.

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

Twain, Mark

15.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

16.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

17.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

18.

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

Real Live Preacher

19.

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

20.

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

21.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

22.

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

Bible

23.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

24.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

25.

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

26.

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

Lauter

27.

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

28.

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

Lawana Blackwell

29.

Forgotten is forgiven.

30.

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.

31.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

32.

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

Euripides

33.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

34.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

35.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

36.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

37.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

38.

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

39.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

40.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

41.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

42.

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

43.

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

Camus, Albert

44.

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

Bacon, Francis

45.

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

46.

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

47.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

48.

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

Proverb, Spanish

49.

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