Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Shaw, George Bernard

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

Harris, Sidney J.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

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

Euripides

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

Mitchell, Margaret

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

Thomas Szasz

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

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

Szasz, Thomas

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

Boese, Paul

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

Sophocles

10.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

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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

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Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

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

Edwards, Tryon

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

Balzac, Honore De

18.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

19.

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

Bacon, Francis

20.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

21.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

22.

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

Proverb, Spanish

23.

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

Twain, Mark

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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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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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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

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

Lauter

28.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

29.

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

Proverb

30.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

Beecher, Henry Ward

31.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

32.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

33.

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

Lawana Blackwell

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

Bible

35.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Wilde, Oscar

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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

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There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

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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

40.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

41.

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

42.

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

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We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

44.

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

Heine, Heinrich

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Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

46.

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?