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

forgiveness

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. 42 sayings 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

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

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

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

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. 46 wisdom & wit from John F. Kennedy

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

Forgiveness is the final form of love. 15 wisdom & wit from Reinhold Niebuhr

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

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

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

Life is an adventure in forgiveness. 15 more wisdom & wit 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 more thoughts from Dag Hammarskjold

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

Forgotten is forgiven. 14 quotes from F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

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

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

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

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

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

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. 9 other wisdom & wit from Hannah Arendt

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

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

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

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. 98 other quotes from Mark Twain

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is no forgiveness in nature. 2 more quotes 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 sayings from Lana Turner

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. 4 quotes from Frederick William Robertson

To be social is to be forgiving. 50 more quotes from Robert Frost

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