Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Euripides

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

1.

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

2.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

3.

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

4.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

5.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

6.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

7.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

8.

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

9.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

10.

Forgotten is forgiven.

11.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

12.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

13.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

14.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

15.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

16.

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

Euripides

17.

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

Dietrich, Marlene

18.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

19.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

20.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

21.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

22.

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

Bible

23.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

24.

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

25.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

26.

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

Thomas Szasz

27.

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

Dolores Huerta

28.

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

29.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

30.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

31.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

32.

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

33.

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

Higginson, Ella

34.

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

Camus, Albert

35.

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

36.

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

Sophocles

37.

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

Lawana Blackwell

38.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

39.

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

40.

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

Augustine, St.

41.

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

Twain, Mark

42.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

43.

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

44.

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

45.

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

Bible

46.

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

Proverb, Spanish

47.

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