Forgiveness Quotes
2479 quotes by 1325 authors
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
— Hannah Arendt
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Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.
— Kevyn Aucoin
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Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
— Saint Augustine
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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
— Jane Austen
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I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of my life, really,…
— Michele Bachmann
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
— Francis Bacon
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This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
— Francis Bacon
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I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.
— Alan Ball
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
— 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 like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti.
— Mario Batali
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Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
— Scott Adams
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects…
— Joseph Addison
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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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God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.
— Jose Bergamin
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There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
— Josh Billings
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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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Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
— Corrie Ten Boom
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