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

Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

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

Mahatma Gandhi

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

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

Dolores Huerta

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

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Camus, Albert

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

Bible

12.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

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

Proverb

18.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

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

Brown, Les

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It really doesn't matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.

Real Live Preacher

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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

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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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Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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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

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

Lawana Blackwell

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

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

Euripides

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Forgotten is forgiven.

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

Shaw, George Bernard