Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Dietrich, Marlene

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

Bierce, Ambrose

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Mahatma Gandhi

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

Euripides

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

Proverb, Spanish

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

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

Auson

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

10.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

11.

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

Real Live Preacher

12.

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

13.

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

Brown, Les

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

Edwards, Tryon

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

Bible

17.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

18.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

19.

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

Szasz, Thomas

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I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

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A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

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

Bacon, Francis

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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

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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

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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 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

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The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact.

Huxley, Aldous

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Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

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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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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

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Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

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

Wilde, Oscar

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

Boese, Paul

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

Higginson, Ella

36.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

37.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

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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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We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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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

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

Camus, Albert

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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