Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Lauter

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.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

3.

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

Euripides

4.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

5.

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

Bible

6.

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

7.

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

Wilde, Oscar

8.

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

9.

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

10.

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

Bible

11.

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

12.

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

Augustine, St.

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.

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

15.

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

16.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

17.

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

18.

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

19.

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

Edwards, Tryon

20.

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

Lawana Blackwell

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

Thomas Szasz

24.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

25.

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

Dolores Huerta

26.

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

27.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

28.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

29.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

30.

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

Twain, Mark

31.

God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

32.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

33.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

34.

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

Camus, Albert

35.

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

Real Live Preacher

36.

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

37.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

38.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

39.

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

40.

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

Mahatma Gandhi

41.

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

Heine, Heinrich

42.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

43.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

44.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

45.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

46.

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

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

Sophocles

49.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

50.

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

Ingersoll, Robert Green