Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Ingersoll, Robert Green

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

Bible

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

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

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

Higginson, Ella

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

Bacon, Francis

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

10.

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

Lawana Blackwell

11.

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

Szasz, Thomas

12.

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

Proverb, Spanish

13.

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

14.

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

Thomas Szasz

15.

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

Proverb

16.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

17.

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

Sophocles

18.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

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Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

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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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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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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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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

24.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

25.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

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

Lauter

27.

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

28.

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

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

Mahatma Gandhi

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It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

31.

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

Boese, Paul

32.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

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

Real Live Preacher

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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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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There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

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

Brown, Les

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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.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Edwards, Tryon

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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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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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

46.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

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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.

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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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To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

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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