Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

God will forgive me, that's his business.

- Heine, Heinrich

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

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

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

Sophocles

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

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

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

13.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

14.

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

Proverb

15.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

16.

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

17.

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

Higginson, Ella

18.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

19.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

20.

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 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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God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

23.

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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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

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To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

27.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

28.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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

Twain, Mark

30.

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

31.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

32.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

33.

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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Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

35.

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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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.

37.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

38.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

39.

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

Brown, Les

40.

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

Proverb, Spanish

41.

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

Dolores Huerta

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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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To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

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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

45.

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

Heine, Heinrich

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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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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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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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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

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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