Forgiving Quotes

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There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. — Lord Chesterfield
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line. — Tom Clancy
In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all… — Hillary Clinton
One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I… — Kingsley Amis
I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I have wronged will forgive me my trespasses. — Jack Abramoff
It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. — Maya Angelou
You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I… — Maya Angelou
I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy… — Odette Annable
God come save the youth, Ain't nothin else to do but have faith in you, Dear Lord I live the life of a Thug, hope… — Tupac Shakur
These are the things which might conceivably and truly make men forgive their enemies. We can only turn hate to love by understanding what are… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking — Helen Steiner Rice
We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly. — Mother Teresa
We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends. — P.D. James
God forgives somehow we have yet to learn the same. — Mary Chapin Carpenter
Forgiving is not forgetting. Forgiving is remembering without pain. — Celia Cruz
And when we would make much of that which cannot matter much to thee, forgive us -a frequent part of the prayer that opened sermons. — John E. Hines
The malignity that never forgets or forgives is found only in base and ignoble natures, whose aims are selfish, and whose means are indirect, cowardly,… — George Stillman Hillard
Forgiveness is the most important thing. We all have to forgive what was done to us - the Irish people have to forgive. The African… — Sinead O'Connor

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