forgive quotes

“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.”

— Oscar Wilde

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”

— Plato

“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”

— Oscar Wilde

“Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our intellects.”

— Oscar Wilde

“All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.”

— Dalai Lama

“When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.”

— Bernard Meltzer

“When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues. ”

— Honore de Balzac

“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.”

— Aesop

“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. ”

— Ovid

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

— Drake

“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.”

— Bill Cosby

“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

forgive quotes

“Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.”

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

“Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much.”

“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.”

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”

“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”

“Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our intellects.”

“All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.”

“When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.”

“When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues. ”

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

“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.”

“Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.”

“One forgives to the degree that one loves.”

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

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

“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. ”

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”