Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Shaw, Henry Wheeler

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

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

Bible

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

Lawana Blackwell

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

Wilde, Oscar

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

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

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

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

10.

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

Sophocles

11.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

12.

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

Bible

13.

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

14.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

15.

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

Dietrich, Marlene

16.

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

17.

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

Brown, Les

18.

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

19.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

20.

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

Edwards, Tryon

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

26.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

27.

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

28.

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

Mitchell, Margaret

29.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

30.

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

31.

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

Dolores Huerta

32.

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

33.

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

Camus, Albert

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