Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

God has a big eraser.

- Zeoli, Billy

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Bible

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

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

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

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

Bacon, Francis

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

Sophocles

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

Lawana Blackwell

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

Bible

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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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Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

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Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

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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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To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

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

Shaw, George Bernard

18.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

19.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

24.

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

Dolores Huerta

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

Wilde, Oscar

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Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

27.

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men.

Beecher, Henry Ward

28.

Forgotten is forgiven.

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Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

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God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

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

Harris, Sidney J.

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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

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

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Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

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

Boese, Paul

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To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

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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 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

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We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Euripides

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

Heine, Heinrich

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

46.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

Real Live Preacher

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

Bierce, Ambrose