Forgive Quotes

2380 Forgive quotes by 1314 unique authors

Don't we forgive everything of a lover? We forgive selfishness, desire, guile. As long as we are the motive for it...There are some European words… — Michael Ondaatje
No, I can't admit it. Brother,' said Alyosha suddenly, with flashing eyes, 'you said just now, is there a being in the whole world who… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Forgive my rudeness. I cannot abide useless people. — Jane Espenson
For we did makeup. But we didn't forgive each other. And we didn't take steps. And it got to be too late and we saw… — Alice Munro
To forgive or not to forgive... are those my only choices? — Natsuki Takaya
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it — Oscar Wilde
Everyone had some defect, or body or of mind: he thought of all the people he had known (the whole world was like a sick… — W. Somerset Maugham
Love may, indeed, love the beloved when her beauty is lost: but not because it is lost. Love may forgive all infirmities and love still… — C.S. Lewis
Forgiveness is an act of creation. You can choose from many ways to do it. You can forgive for now, forgive till then, forgive till… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
We forgive, we mortify our resentment; a week later some chain of thought carries us back to the original offence and we discover the old… — C.S. Lewis
One can forgive but one should never forget. — Marjane Satrapi
When we don’t forgive, we’re not hurting the other person. We’re not hurting the company that did us wrong. We’re not hurting God. We’re only… — Joel Osteen
You may be at a crossroads in your life. You may have issues to deal with; people you need to forgive. You can go one… — Joel Osteen
It is hard to forgive, and to look at those eyes, and feel those wasted hands,' he answered. 'Kiss me again; and don’t let me… — Emily Bronte
There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a… — Oscar Wilde
She sealed his lips with a wanton kiss; 'Though I forgive your breaking your vows to heaven, I expect you to keep your vows to… — Matthew Gregory Lewis
They's a heap more to God's will than death, disapoint-ment, and like thet. Hit's God's will for us to be good and do good, love… — Olive Ann Burns
If we can forgive what’s been done to us . . . If we can forgive what we’ve done to others . . . If… — Chuck Palahniuk
But now, for the first time, I see you are a man like me. I thought of your hand-grenades, of your bayonet, of your rifle;… — Erich Maria Remarque
Forgiveness is the best part of valor...Discretion is easy. It's finding the courage to forgive yourself and others that is hard. [Acheron] — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dance with her, and she will forgive much. Dance well, and she will forgive anything. — Robert Jordan
forgive me also that I didn't fight like Lord Byron for the happiness of captive peoples that I watched only risings of the moon and… — Zbigniew Herbert
Listen, my dear Cors, why don't you forgive God for allowing pain? If He didn't allow it, human courage, bravery, nobility, and self-sacrifice would all… — Walter M. Miller, Jr.
People, in general, would rather die than forgive. It's that hard. — Sue Monk Kidd
I figured out that I can't forget. I can't really forgive. But I can live. Live with it. Like you live with a scar or… — Gail Giles

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