Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

- Hubbard, Kin

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

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

Shaw, George Bernard

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

Euripides

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

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

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

10.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

11.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

12.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

13.

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

Proverb, Spanish

14.

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

Auson

15.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

16.

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

Brown, Les

17.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

18.

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

Wilde, Oscar

19.

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

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

21.

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

Augustine, St.

22.

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

Bible

23.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

24.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

25.

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

26.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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.

28.

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

Camus, Albert

29.

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

Thomas Szasz

30.

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

Twain, Mark

31.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

32.

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

33.

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

Lawana Blackwell

34.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

35.

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

36.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

37.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

38.

Their errors have been weighed and found to have been dust in the balance; if their sins were as scarlet, they are now white as snow: they have been washed in the blood of the mediator and the redeemer, Time.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

39.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

40.

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

Bacon, Francis

41.

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

Szasz, Thomas

42.

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

Bible

43.

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

Boese, Paul

44.

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

Heine, Heinrich

45.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

47.

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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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

49.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

50.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.