Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

- Hubbard, Kin

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

1.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

2.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

3.

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

4.

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

Wilde, Oscar

5.

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

Lawana Blackwell

6.

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

Bible

7.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

8.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

9.

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

10.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

11.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

12.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

13.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

14.

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

Higginson, Ella

15.

Forgotten is forgiven.

16.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

17.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

18.

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

Lauter

19.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

20.

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

21.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

22.

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

23.

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

Lawana Blackwell

24.

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

25.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

26.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

27.

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

Dolores Huerta

28.

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

Dietrich, Marlene

29.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

30.

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

Bible

31.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

32.

Whoever approaches Me walking, I will come to him running; and he who meets Me with sins equivalent to the whole world, I will greet him with forgiveness equal to it.

Al-massabaih, Mishkat

33.

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

34.

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

35.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

36.

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

Augustine, St.

37.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

38.

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

Twain, Mark

39.

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

Bacon, Francis

40.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

41.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

42.

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

43.

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

Edwards, Tryon

44.

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

45.

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

Auson

46.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

47.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

48.

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