Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

God will forgive me, that's his business.

- Heine, Heinrich

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

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

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

Harris, Sidney J.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

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

Dietrich, Marlene

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

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

10.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

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

Dolores Huerta

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

Proverb

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God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

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

Lawana Blackwell

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

Real Live Preacher

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

Sophocles

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

Boese, Paul

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

Lauter

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Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

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We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

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To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

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

Bierce, Ambrose

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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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In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action.

Arendt, Hannah

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

Wilde, Oscar

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

Twain, Mark

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What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

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

Bible

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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

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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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Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

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

Augustine, St.

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

Heine, Heinrich

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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

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

Mahatma Gandhi

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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 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.

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When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

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