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Forgiving Quotes by Frederick Buechner
- Despair has been called the unforgivable sin-not presumably because God refuses to forgive it, but because it despairs of the possibility of being forgiven.
- The pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness.
- To forgive somebody is to say one way or another, "You have done something unspeakable, and by all rights I should call it quits between…
- Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll…
- Principles are what people have instead of God. To be a Christian means among other things to be willing if necessary to sacrifice even your…
More Forgiving Quotes
- When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. — Francis Bacon
- When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for… — Honore de Balzac
- One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed. — Bernard Baruch
- Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge. — Scott Adams
- I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like… — Henry Ward Beecher
- Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself. — Henry Ward Beecher
- It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too. — Josh Billings
- It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. — William Blake
- I've been praying to God to show me how to forgive myself. Because... maybe... that's the thing I've been searching for. — Mary J. Blige
- Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. — Les Brown
- Forgive those who have hurt you. — Les Brown
- Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings. — Jean de la Bruyere