forgive quotes

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

— Honore de Balzac

“Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.”

“One forgives to the degree that one loves.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair. ”

“Don’t ask permission, just ask forgiveness.”

“In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people.”

— Henry Rollins

“When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.”

— Princess Diana

“People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.”

“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”

— William Blake

“The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.”

— William Blake

“When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.”

— Francis Bacon

“Disappointment is inevitable. But to become discouraged, there's a choice I make. God would never discourage me. He would always point me to himself to trust him. Therefore, my discouragement is from Satan. As you go through the emotions that we have, hostility is not from God, bitterness, unforgiveness, all of these are attacks from Satan.”

— Charles Stanley

“Understand that it is often unwise to forgive face to face. This tends to make the other person feel 'put down' and make you look holier-than-thou.”

— Charles Stanley

“To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.”

— Angelina Jolie

“Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.”

— Desmond Tutu

“Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.”

— Desmond Tutu

“All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.”

— Walt Whitman

“Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.”

— Edmund Burke

“Forgive those who have hurt you.”

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

“Forgotten is forgiven.”

— Francis Scott Fitzgerald

“Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.”

— Desmond Tutu

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

“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”

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