Forgive Quotes
2380 Forgive quotes by 1314 unique authors
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God will forgive me. It's his job.
— Heinrich Heine
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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…
— George Herbert
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I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.
— Lauryn Hill
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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
— E. W. Howe
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If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my…
— Jesse Jackson
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We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
— T.D. Jakes
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If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.
— T.D. Jakes
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When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.
— T.D. Jakes
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in…
— Samuel Johnson
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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…
— Angelina Jolie
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I remember everything but forgive anyway.
— Erica Jong
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Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does not forgive.
— Nikos Kazantzakis
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Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
— Garrison Keillor
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Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for…
— Garrison Keillor
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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
— John F. Kennedy
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I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult…
— Sue Monk Kidd
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We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it.…
— Rodney King
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God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.
— Alfred Korzybski
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You hope that your teenage self would like and forgive your 50-year-old self.
— Hugh Laurie
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He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love.
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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We think of the noble object for which the professor appears tonight, we may be assured that the Lord will forgive any one who will…
— Stephen Leacock
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Do you realize, when Mandela was inaugurated president, he invited as his special guests the white jailers from his Robben Island prison? He literally did…
— Rush Limbaugh
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I am learning to forgive my inner geek, and even value him as a free man.
— Kenny Loggins
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Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.
— Lawrence G. Lovasik
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