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

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

Real Live Preacher

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Higginson, Ella

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

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

Proverb, Spanish

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

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

Szasz, Thomas

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

10.

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

Bible

11.

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

Thomas Szasz

12.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

13.

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

Lawana Blackwell

14.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

15.

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

16.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

17.

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

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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

19.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

20.

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

Lawana Blackwell

21.

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

Balzac, Honore De

22.

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

Twain, Mark

23.

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

Brown, Les

24.

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

25.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

26.

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

27.

Forgotten is forgiven.

28.

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

29.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

30.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

31.

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

32.

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

33.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

34.

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

Edwards, Tryon

35.

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

Sophocles

36.

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

Boese, Paul

37.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

38.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

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.

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

41.

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

42.

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

Bible

43.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

44.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

45.

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

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

Heine, Heinrich

48.

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

Wilde, Oscar

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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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We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy