Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Proverb

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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

Bible

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

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

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Shaw, George Bernard

10.

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

Sophocles

11.

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

Real Live Preacher

12.

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

Auson

13.

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

14.

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

Bacon, Francis

15.

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

Balzac, Honore De

16.

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

17.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

18.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

19.

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

Proverb, Spanish

20.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

21.

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

22.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

23.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

24.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

25.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

26.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

27.

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

Szasz, Thomas

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

Lauter

31.

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 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

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

Gibran, Kahlil

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

Twain, Mark

35.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

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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

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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.

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

Wilde, Oscar

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

Bierce, Ambrose

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