Forgive Quotes
2380 quotes by 1452 authors
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When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.
— Francis Bacon
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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…
— Honore de Balzac
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One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
— Bernard Baruch
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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…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.
— Josh Billings
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
— William Blake
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I've been praying to God to show me how to forgive myself. Because... maybe... that's the thing I've been searching for.
— Mary J. Blige
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Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.
— Les Brown
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Forgive those who have hurt you.
— Les Brown
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Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make…
— Samuel Butler
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I, for one, am quite willing to join the 'forgive, forget and move on' crowd, but it does make me wonder if Evangelicals are going…
— Tony Campolo
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People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do…
— Jonathan Carroll
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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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There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
— Lord Chesterfield
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To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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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.…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.
— Tom Clancy
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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…
— Hillary Clinton
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