Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

- Josh Billings

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

1.

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

Szasz, Thomas

2.

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

Brown, Les

3.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

4.

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.

5.

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

6.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

7.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

8.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

9.

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

10.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

11.

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

Thomas Szasz

12.

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

13.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

14.

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

Edwards, Tryon

15.

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

Dietrich, Marlene

16.

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

Proverb

17.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

18.

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

Augustine, St.

19.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

20.

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

Boese, Paul

21.

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

22.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

23.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

24.

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

25.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

26.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

27.

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

Camus, Albert

28.

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

Twain, Mark

29.

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

Lawana Blackwell

30.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

Balzac, Honore De

31.

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

32.

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

33.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

34.

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

35.

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

Heine, Heinrich

36.

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

37.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

38.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

39.

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

Dolores Huerta

40.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

41.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

42.

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

43.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

44.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

45.

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

Lauter

46.

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

Bible

47.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

48.

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

49.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

50.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler