Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

1.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

2.

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

3.

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

Thomas Szasz

4.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

5.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

6.

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.

7.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

8.

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

Szasz, Thomas

9.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

10.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

11.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

12.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

13.

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

Sophocles

14.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

15.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

16.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

17.

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

18.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

19.

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

20.

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

Real Live Preacher

21.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

22.

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

23.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

24.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

25.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

26.

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

Wilde, Oscar

27.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

28.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

29.

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

30.

Forgotten is forgiven.

31.

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

Dietrich, Marlene

32.

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

Edwards, Tryon

33.

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

Bible

34.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

35.

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

Euripides

36.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

37.

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

Augustine, St.

38.

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

Bible

39.

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

40.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

41.

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

Lawana Blackwell

42.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

43.

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

Heine, Heinrich

44.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

45.

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

46.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

47.

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

Balzac, Honore De

48.

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

Boese, Paul

49.

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

Lauter

50.

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

Dolores Huerta

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