Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Camus, Albert

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

Bible

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

Real Live Preacher

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

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.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

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

Wilde, Oscar

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

Gibran, Kahlil

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

Auson

13.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

14.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

15.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

16.

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

Boese, Paul

17.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

18.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

19.

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

20.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

21.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

22.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

23.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

24.

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

Augustine, St.

25.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

26.

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

Bible

27.

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

Sophocles

28.

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

Heine, Heinrich

29.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

30.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

31.

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

32.

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

33.

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

Bible

34.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

35.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

36.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

37.

Forgotten is forgiven.

38.

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

39.

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

40.

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

41.

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

Thomas Szasz

42.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

43.

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

Camus, Albert

44.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

45.

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

46.

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

47.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

48.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

49.

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

50.

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.