Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Proverb, Spanish

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

1.

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

Higginson, Ella

2.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

3.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

4.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

5.

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

Camus, Albert

6.

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

Bacon, Francis

7.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

8.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

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.

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

Euripides

11.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

12.

We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

Butler, Samuel

13.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

14.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

15.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

16.

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.

17.

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

Bible

18.

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

Proverb, Spanish

19.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note -- torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

Beecher, Henry Ward

20.

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

Dietrich, Marlene

21.

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

Sophocles

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

25.

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

Szasz, Thomas

26.

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

Bible

27.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

28.

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

Lauter

29.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

30.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

31.

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

32.

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

Proverb

33.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

34.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

35.

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

Dolores Huerta

36.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

37.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

38.

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

Twain, Mark

39.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

40.

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

Augustine, St.

41.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

42.

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

Brown, Les

43.

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

Bible

44.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

45.

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

Lawana Blackwell

46.

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

47.

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

Thomas Szasz

48.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

49.

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

50.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis