Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

- Francis of Assisi, St.

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

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

Sophocles

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

Bible

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

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

Heine, Heinrich

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

Augustine, St.

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

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

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

Proverb

10.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

11.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

12.

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

13.

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

Szasz, Thomas

14.

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

15.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Hubbard, Kin

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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.

17.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

18.

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

Brown, Les

19.

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

Wilde, Oscar

20.

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

21.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

22.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

23.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

24.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

25.

Their errors have been weighed and found to have been dust in the balance; if their sins were as scarlet, they are now white as snow: they have been washed in the blood of the mediator and the redeemer, Time.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

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It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

27.

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

28.

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

Bible

29.

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

Balzac, Honore De

30.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Ausonius

31.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

32.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

33.

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

34.

Forgotten is forgiven.

35.

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

Lawana Blackwell

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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

39.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams

40.

Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

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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

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It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

43.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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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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Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Bible

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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

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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

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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