Forgive Quotes

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I cannot forgive a scholar his homeless despondency. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We cannot forgive another for not being ourselves. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is, first and last, the real value of Christmas; in so far as the mythology remains at all it is a kind of happy… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly. — Timothy Keller
If you never condemned you would never need to forgive. — Anthony de Mello
A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and forgive all the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Just as white light consists of colored rays, so reverence for life contains all the components of ethics: love, kindliness, sympathy, empathy, peacefulness and power… — Albert Schweitzer
Some forgive and forget, more forgive and remember, most forgive and remind. — Robert Breault
To truly forgive is to allow the other person to forget. — Robert Breault
Forgive me if, in friendship’s way, I offer thee a wreath of May.... [N]ourished by the dews of heaven.... So I have Ivy placed between,… — John Clare
Jesus is the only Lord who, if you receive him, will fulfill you completely, and, if you fail him, will forgive you eternally. — Timothy Keller
If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of… — Timothy Keller
As I forgive, I set myself free and experience the bliss of inner peace. — Louise Hay
Forgive that you may be forgiven. — Seneca the Younger
Did man e'er live Saw priest or woman yet forgive? — James Russell Lowell
Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger, the more so… — Dalai Lama
Jesus taught us how to forgive out of love, how to forget out of humility. So let us examine our hearts and see if there… — Mother Teresa
If we forgive other people, our hearts are made fit to receive forgiveness. — Corrie Ten Boom
It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it. — Stephen Leacock
If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me. — Ted Allen
A book is somehow sacred. A dictator can kill and maim people, can sink to any kind of tyranny and only be hated, but when… — John Steinbeck
People can forgive each other. — Jo Brand
The public seldom forgive twice. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others. — Jennifer O'Neill

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