Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Szasz, Thomas

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

Szasz, Thomas

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

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

Wilde, Oscar

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

Mitchell, Margaret

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

Sophocles

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

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

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

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

Dietrich, Marlene

10.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

11.

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

Lawana Blackwell

12.

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

Proverb, Spanish

13.

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

14.

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

Heine, Heinrich

15.

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

Augustine, St.

16.

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

Brown, Les

17.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

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

Euripides

20.

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

Twain, Mark

22.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

28.

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

Camus, Albert

29.

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

Proverb

30.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

31.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

32.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

33.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

34.

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

Balzac, Honore De

35.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

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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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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

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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

39.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

40.

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

Edwards, Tryon

41.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

42.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

43.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

44.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

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

Bible

46.

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

Bacon, Francis

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Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

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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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It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

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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