Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.

- Lawana Blackwell

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

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

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

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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

Bible

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. [Ephesians 4:32]

Bible

10.

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

Szasz, Thomas

11.

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

Dolores Huerta

12.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

13.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

Camus, Albert

17.

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

18.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

19.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

20.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

21.

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.

22.

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

Auson

23.

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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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

25.

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

Thomas Szasz

26.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

27.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

28.

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

29.

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

Real Live Preacher

30.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

31.

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

Bacon, Francis

32.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

33.

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

Wilde, Oscar

34.

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

Augustine, St.

35.

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

36.

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

Lawana Blackwell

37.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

38.

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

Boese, Paul

39.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

40.

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

41.

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

Heine, Heinrich

42.

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

Lauter

43.

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

44.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

45.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

46.

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

47.

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

48.

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

Balzac, Honore De

49.

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

50.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin