Forgiveness Quotes

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When you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly. — Timothy Keller
The essence of forgiveness is absorbing pain instead of giving it. — Timothy Keller
Life is war, and marriage provides us with a close and intimate ally with whom we may wage this war. The battle requires bold love,… — Dan B. Allender
Nothing in this low and ruined world bears the meek impress of the Son of God so surely as forgiveness. — Alice Cary
In order to receive forgiveness, we need to place our trust in Christ as our Savior and the Lord of our lives. But if we… — William Lane Craig
One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us; but those which by long habits are rooted in a… — Michel de Montaigne
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
But with morning cool repentance came. — Walter Scott
A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath… — Henrik Ibsen
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
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
Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent. — Seneca the Younger
Forgive that you may be forgiven. — Seneca the Younger
The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact. — Aldous Huxley
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
Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever. It implies a discovery of weakness, which we are more careful to… — Lord Chesterfield
In Lake Wobegon, we don't forget mistakes. — Garrison Keillor
Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the republic of the guillotine. — Albert Camus
If we forgive other people, our hearts are made fit to receive forgiveness. — Corrie Ten Boom
But forgiveness must not only be given but received also. — William Golding
There is a noble forgetfulness-that which does not remember injuries. — Charles Simmons
Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance and love have no end, and the Lord of life holds all who… — George W. Bush

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