Top forgiveness Quotes Collection

Discover a curated collection of forgiveness quotes. Find inspiration, motivation, and wisdom from the best quotes in this category.

Image of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Image of Lewis B. Smedes
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
- Lewis B. Smedes
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Image of William Shakespeare
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
- William Shakespeare
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Image of Mark Twain
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
- Mark Twain
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Image of H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Image of Bruce Lee
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
- Bruce Lee
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Image of John F. Kennedy
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
- John F. Kennedy
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Image of Alexander Pope
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
- Alexander Pope
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Image of Mahatma Gandhi
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
- Mahatma Gandhi
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Image of Thomas Szasz
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
- Thomas Szasz
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Image of Oscar Wilde
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
- Oscar Wilde
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Image of Josh Billings
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
- Josh Billings
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Image of Mahavira
Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.
- Mahavira
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Image of Alan Paton
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
- Alan Paton
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Image of Jean-Francois Cope
I invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.
- Jean-Francois Cope
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Image of Tyler Perry
It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.
- Tyler Perry
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Image of William Blake
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
- William Blake
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Image of Emo Philips
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.
- Emo Philips
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Image of Maya Angelou
It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.
- Maya Angelou
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Image of Corrie Ten Boom
Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
- Corrie Ten Boom
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Image of Thomas Fuller
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.
- Thomas Fuller
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Image of Desmond Tutu
Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.
- Desmond Tutu
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Image of Jessica Lange
Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.
- Jessica Lange
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Image of Grace Hopper
It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
- Grace Hopper
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Image of Scott Adams
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
- Scott Adams
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Image of Robert Frost
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.
- Robert Frost
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Image of Harriet Beecher Stowe
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Image of Billy Graham
Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.
- Billy Graham
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Image of Robert Downey, Jr.
The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.
- Robert Downey, Jr.
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Image of Marianne Williamson
Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
- Marianne Williamson
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Image of Hannah Arendt
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
- Hannah Arendt
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Image of Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
- Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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Image of Gerald Jampolsky
Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.
- Gerald Jampolsky
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Image of Bernard Meltzer
When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.
- Bernard Meltzer
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Image of Joyce Meyer
Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that won't be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.
- Joyce Meyer
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Image of Reinhold Niebuhr
Forgiveness is the final form of love.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
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Image of Joan Lunden
Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.
- Joan Lunden
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Image of Alfred Korzybski
God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.
- Alfred Korzybski
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Image of Henry Ward Beecher
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
- Henry Ward Beecher
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Image of Garrison Keillor
Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor
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Image of Les Brown
Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.
- Les Brown
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Image of Elizabeth I
God forgive you, but I never can.
- Elizabeth I
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Image of Jane Austen
Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
- Jane Austen
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Image of Martin Luther
Forgiveness is God's command.
- Martin Luther
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Image of Francois de La Rochefoucauld
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Image of George Herbert
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
- George Herbert
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Image of Saint Augustine
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.
- Saint Augustine
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Image of Indira Gandhi
Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
- Indira Gandhi
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Image of Friedrich Nietzsche
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
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Image of Princess Diana
When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.
- Princess Diana
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