Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

- Francis of Assisi, St.

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

1.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

2.

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

3.

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

Boese, Paul

4.

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

Bible

5.

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

6.

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

Lauter

7.

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.

8.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

9.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

10.

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

Dietrich, Marlene

11.

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

12.

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

Bacon, Francis

13.

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

Augustine, St.

14.

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

Bible

15.

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

16.

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

Lawana Blackwell

17.

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

Wilde, Oscar

18.

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

Proverb

19.

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

Higginson, Ella

20.

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

21.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

22.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

23.

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.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

25.

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

26.

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

27.

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

28.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

29.

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

Sophocles

30.

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

Dolores Huerta

31.

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

Euripides

32.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

33.

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

Szasz, Thomas

34.

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

35.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

36.

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

Brown, Les

37.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

38.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

39.

Forgotten is forgiven.

40.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

41.

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

42.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

43.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

44.

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

Edwards, Tryon

45.

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

46.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

47.

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

48.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

49.

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

Auson

50.

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

Gibran, Kahlil