Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

forgiveness

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

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

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

Forgiveness is God's command. 32 other thoughts from Martin Luther

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

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

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 thoughts from Marlene Dietrich

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

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

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

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

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

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. 14 wisdom & wit 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 quotes from Thomas Fuller

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 wisdom & wit from Lana Turner

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

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

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

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

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. 42 other views 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

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

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

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 views 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

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

Life is an adventure in forgiveness. 15 more sayings from Norman Cousins

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

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

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

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 quotes from Dag Hammarskjold

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

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

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

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. 100 wisdom & wit from Oscar Wilde

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

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

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

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

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