Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Mahatma Gandhi

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

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

Szasz, Thomas

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

Sophocles

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

Boese, Paul

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

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

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

Thomas Szasz

10.

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

Proverb

11.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

12.

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

13.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

14.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

15.

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

Edwards, Tryon

16.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

17.

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

Auson

18.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

19.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

20.

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

Bible

21.

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

Camus, Albert

22.

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

23.

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

Real Live Preacher

24.

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

25.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

26.

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

27.

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

Lawana Blackwell

28.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

29.

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

Proverb, Spanish

30.

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

31.

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

Bible

32.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

33.

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

34.

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

35.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

36.

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

Brown, Les

37.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

38.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

39.

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

40.

Forgotten is forgiven.

41.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

42.

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

43.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

44.

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

45.

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

46.

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

47.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

48.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

49.

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