Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

We pardon to the extent that we love.

- La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

Richter, Jean Paul

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

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

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

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

Bacon, Francis

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

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

Bible

10.

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

Lauter

11.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

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

Mahatma Gandhi

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

14.

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

Sophocles

15.

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

Proverb, Spanish

16.

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

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

Boese, Paul

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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

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Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

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We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

21.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

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

Euripides

23.

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

Dietrich, Marlene

25.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

26.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

27.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

28.

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

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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

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

Real Live Preacher

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

Harris, Sidney J.

32.

Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever. It implies a discovery of weakness, which we are more careful to conceal than a crime. Many a man will confess his crimes to a friend; but I never knew a man that would tell his silly weaknesses to his most intimate one.

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Szasz, Thomas

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To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

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

Auson

36.

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

Heine, Heinrich

37.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Balzac, Honore De

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God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

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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

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Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Lawana Blackwell

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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

44.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

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

Thomas Szasz

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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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I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

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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

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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