Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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

Lawana Blackwell

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

Balzac, Honore De

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

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

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

Gibran, Kahlil

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. [Job 14:17]

Bible

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

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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

11.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

12.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

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

Dietrich, Marlene

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Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

16.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

17.

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

Dolores Huerta

18.

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

19.

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

Brown, Les

20.

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

Bible

21.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

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

Boese, Paul

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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

25.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

26.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

27.

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

Auson

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

Bible

30.

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

Heine, Heinrich

31.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

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

Sophocles

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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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God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

35.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

36.

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

37.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

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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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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

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What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

41.

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

Proverb, Spanish

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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

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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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Forgotten is forgiven.