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

1.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

2.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

3.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

4.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

5.

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

6.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

7.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

8.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

9.

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

Camus, Albert

10.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

11.

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

Heine, Heinrich

12.

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

Bible

13.

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

Sophocles

14.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

15.

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

Lawana Blackwell

16.

Forgotten is forgiven.

17.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

18.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

19.

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

20.

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

Lawana Blackwell

21.

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

Augustine, St.

22.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

23.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

24.

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

25.

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

Twain, Mark

26.

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

27.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

28.

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

29.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

30.

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

31.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

32.

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

Dietrich, Marlene

33.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

34.

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

35.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

36.

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

Higginson, Ella

37.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

38.

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

Dolores Huerta

39.

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

Proverb, Spanish

40.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

41.

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

Boese, Paul

42.

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

Euripides

43.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

44.

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

45.

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

Real Live Preacher

46.

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

47.

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

Bible

48.

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

49.

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

Balzac, Honore De

50.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings