Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is God's command.

- Luther, Martin

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

1.

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

Thomas Szasz

2.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

3.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

4.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

5.

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

6.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

7.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

8.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

9.

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

10.

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

Dietrich, Marlene

11.

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

Dolores Huerta

12.

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

13.

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

14.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

15.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

16.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

17.

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

18.

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

Higginson, Ella

19.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

20.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

21.

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

Bacon, Francis

22.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

23.

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

Edwards, Tryon

24.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

25.

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

Szasz, Thomas

26.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

27.

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

Auson

28.

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

Euripides

29.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

30.

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

Lauter

31.

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.

32.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

33.

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

34.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

35.

Those that do you a very ill deed will never forgive you.

Proverb

36.

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

Brown, Les

37.

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

38.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

39.

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

Bible

40.

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

Sophocles

41.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

42.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

43.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

44.

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

45.

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

Lawana Blackwell

46.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

47.

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

48.

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

Real Live Preacher

49.

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

50.

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

Heine, Heinrich