Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Shaw, Henry Wheeler

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

1.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

2.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

3.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

4.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

5.

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

Lauter

6.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

7.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

8.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

9.

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

Brown, Les

10.

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

Balzac, Honore De

11.

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

12.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

13.

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.

14.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

15.

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

Augustine, St.

16.

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

Boese, Paul

17.

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

Camus, Albert

18.

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

Dietrich, Marlene

19.

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

20.

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

Thomas Szasz

21.

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

Twain, Mark

22.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

23.

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

Euripides

24.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

25.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

26.

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

27.

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

Lawana Blackwell

28.

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

Wilde, Oscar

29.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

30.

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

31.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

32.

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

Auson

33.

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

Lawana Blackwell

34.

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

35.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

36.

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

37.

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

Bible

38.

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

Bible

39.

Forgotten is forgiven.

40.

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

Sophocles

41.

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

Bacon, Francis

42.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

43.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

44.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

45.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

46.

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

Higginson, Ella

47.

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

48.

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

Szasz, Thomas

49.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

50.

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

Real Live Preacher