Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

- Juoy

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

Bacon, Francis

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

Harris, Sidney J.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

Balzac, Honore De

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

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

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

Higginson, Ella

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

10.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

11.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

13.

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

Brown, Les

14.

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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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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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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Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

18.

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

Sophocles

19.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

20.

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

21.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

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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

23.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

24.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

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Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

26.

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

Boese, Paul

27.

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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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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Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

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God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

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We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

32.

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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Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

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Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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

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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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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

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

Mahatma Gandhi

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

Auson

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Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Real Live Preacher

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What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

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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