Forgives Quotes

171 Forgives quotes by 133 unique authors

Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who 'forgives' you--out of love--takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always… — Dag Hammarskjold
You can never know if a person forgives you when you wrong them. Therefore it is existentially important to you. It is a question you… — Jostein Gaarder
Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer. — Oscar Wilde
So where does Stan fit in this equation?... We are told to meditate on scripture, even the hald that details the consequences of evil, the… — Ted Dekker
I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him. — C.S. Lewis
I am not I. I am this one walking beside me whom I do not see, whom at times I manage to visit, and whom… — Juan Ramon Jimenez
All men have parties and are pals who never let each other down. A pal can say terrible things which are forgotten the next day.… — Tove Jansson
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
A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong. — Milton Berle
The lamb misused breeds public strife And yet forgives the butcher's knife. — William Blake
He had only to touch me to turn my tears into sighs and my anger to desire. How accomodating love is; it forgives everything. — Isabel Allende
Love knows no virtue, no profit; it loves and forgives and suffers everything, because it must. It is not our judgment that leads us; it… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
When people say, "I know God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself," they mean that they have failed an idol, whose approval is more… — Timothy Keller
I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn't impress me. Smart impresses me, strength… — Lisa Unger
The ragamuffin gospel reveals that Jesus forgives sins, including the sins of the flesh; that He is comfortable with sinners who remember how to show… — Brennan Manning
I change too quickly: my today refutes my yesterday. When I ascend I often jump over steps, and no step forgives me that. — Friedrich Nietzsche
every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create… — Richard Rohr
A dog — a dog teaches us so much about love. Wordless, imperfect love; love that is constant, love that is simple goodness, love that… — Deb Caletti
The one who forgives never brings up the past to that person's face. When you forgive, it's like it never happened. True forgiveness is complete… — Louis Zamperini
Christ became our Brother in order to help us. Through him our brother has become Christ for us in the power and authority of the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The burden God places on each of us is to become who we are meant to be. We are most fully ourselves when Christ most… — Andrew Peterson
How accommodating love is; it forgives everything. — Isabel Allende
It does'nt matter who forgives you, if you're the one who can't forget. — Jodi Picoult
Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing. — George Bernard Shaw
The more a man knows, the more he forgives. — Catherine the Great

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