Forgive Quotes

2380 Forgive quotes by 1314 unique authors

I think it's harder to forgive ourselves for mistakes that we made because we keep dwelling on it. We want to know how it affects… — Sherri Shepherd
The thing I want to really say is that I still mess up. I still go out there and say things on TV that I… — Sherri Shepherd
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. — Lewis B. Smedes
It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited. — Lewis B. Smedes
When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in… — Lewis B. Smedes
Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has… — Lillian Smith
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… — Charles Stanley
Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature. — Laurence Sterne
Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at. — Laurence Sterne
You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your… — Robert Louis Stevenson
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. — Thomas Szasz
I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a person. — Amy Tan
I grabbed my mom and I went to the couch and I said, 'Mom I want to ask Jesus to come into my heart.' And… — Tim Tebow
But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in… — Emma Thompson
If consulted by friends about marital dramas, I always encourage the singles to marry, the married to stick together, the neglectful and wayward to renew… — Malcolm Turnbull
It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them. — Lana Turner
The remedy for life's broken pieces is not classes, workshops or books. Don't try to heal the broken pieces. Just forgive. — Iyanla Vanzant
If I say, 'I forgive you,' I have implicitly said you have done something wrong to me. But what forgiveness is at its heart is… — Miroslav Volf
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage… — William Arthur Ward
I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid… — Orson Welles
It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. — Jessamyn West
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. — Oscar Wilde
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. — Oscar Wilde
Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects. — Oscar Wilde
Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven. — Charles Williams

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