Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Twain, Mark

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

Dolores Huerta

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

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Heine, Heinrich

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

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

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

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

Szasz, Thomas

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

10.

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

11.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

12.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

13.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

14.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

15.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

16.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

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

Auson

18.

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

Euripides

19.

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

Lawana Blackwell

20.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

22.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

24.

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

Bacon, Francis

25.

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

Augustine, St.

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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

27.

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

Thomas Szasz

28.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

29.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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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

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Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

32.

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

Bible

33.

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

Bible

34.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

35.

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

Balzac, Honore De

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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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To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

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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

40.

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

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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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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

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

Wilde, Oscar

44.

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

Brown, Les

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Those who easily forgive invite offenses.