Motivational Quotes

Forgiveness

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

- Jampolsky, Gerald G.

Best Quotes about Forgiveness

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

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

Gibran, Kahlil

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

Shaw, George Bernard

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

Heine, Heinrich

You should pardon many things in others, nothing in yourself.

Auson

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare

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

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

Edwards, Tryon

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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Forgotten is forgiven.

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

Balzac, Honore De

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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

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

Sophocles

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To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

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

Brown, Les

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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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We pardon to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

Augustine, St.

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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

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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

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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

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A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

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

Lawana Blackwell

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

Proverb

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

Dolores Huerta

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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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It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

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God has a big eraser.

Zeoli, Billy

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

Twain, Mark

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

Thomas Szasz

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

Lauter

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Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

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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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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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I never forgive, but I always forget.

Balfour, Arthur James

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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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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Gandhi, Indira

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

Higginson, Ella

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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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Forgive those who have hurt you.

Brown, Les

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Mahatma Gandhi

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