Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

forgiveness

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. 18 more quotes from Jean Paul

To be social is to be forgiving. 50 other views from Robert Frost

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. 42 more thoughts from Josh Billings

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart. 7 quotes from Corrie Ten Boom

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future. 6 quotes from Bernard Meltzer

It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins. 6 other quotes from Karl Barth

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his. 6 more quotes from Catherine the Great

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. 53 other thoughts from Honore de Balzac

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. 46 quotes from John F. Kennedy

To err is human to forgive, divine. 43 quotes from Alexander Pope

Forgiveness is the final form of love. 15 more thoughts from Reinhold Niebuhr

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. 59 more thoughts from Elbert Hubbard

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. 58 thoughts from Henry Ward Beecher

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness. 59 more quotes from Elbert Hubbard

Life is an adventure in forgiveness. 15 quotes from Norman Cousins

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again. 13 thoughts from Dag Hammarskjold

Forgiveness to the injured does belong but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong. 17 more quotes from John Dryden

Forgotten is forgiven. 14 other quotes from F. Scott Fitzgerald

One forgives to the degree that one loves. 90 quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. 100 quotes from Oscar Wilde

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. 100 views from Mahatma Gandhi

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn. 103 thoughts from Friedrich Nietzsche

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. 100 quotes from Oscar Wilde

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. 24 other views from Adlai E. Stevenson

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. 9 other quotes from Hannah Arendt

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. 32 more views from William Blake

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. 5 quotes from Indira Gandhi

Forgiveness is God's command. 32 wisdom & wit from Martin Luther

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. 98 wisdom & wit from Mark Twain

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. 32 quotes from William Blake

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. 11 other views from Bruce Lee

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. 21 sayings from Jane Austen

God will forgive me. It's his job. 14 more sayings from Heinrich Heine

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life. 12 other quotes from George MacDonald

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. 10 wisdom & wit from Marlene Dietrich

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness not to sin offers only punishment. 5 other views from Jose Bergamin

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has need to be forgiven. 45 more quotes from Thomas Fuller

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. 14 quotes from William Arthur Ward

Forgive many things in others nothing in yourself. 3 quotes from Ausonius

Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that. 41 thoughts from Martin Luther King, Jr.

There is no forgiveness in nature. 2 more thoughts from Ugo Betti

It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them. 6 views from Lana Turner

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. 4 more wisdom & wit from Frederick William Robertson