Forgiving Quotes

1882 Forgiving quotes by 1110 unique authors

There are many sorts of love. And when you love a man who is less than you dreamed, you have to make allowances for the… — Philippa Gregory
A thorough-paced knave will rarely quarrel with one whom he can cheat: his revenge is plunder; therefore he is usually the most forgiving of beings,… — Charles Caleb Colton
Einstein's E=mc2 is an extraordinary concept. So radical: matter and energy are two phases of the same sort of general stuff. There's only one other… — Kurt Vonnegut
When you tame and domesticate the divine it loses its danger and it's power to forgive you, make you happy, or its power to challenge… — John O'Donohue
Although you should not erase your responsibility for the past, when you make the past your jailer, you destroy your future. It is such a… — John O'Donohue
Women forgive injuries, but never forget slights. — Thomas Chandler Haliburton
What is your real work? Is it that which pays the bills or is it your art? I think your real work is healing. Whatever… — Tama J. Kieves
At the root of fear is low self-esteem. This explains why angry people have low self-esteem, are argumentative, stubborn, and quick to flare up yet… — David J. Lieberman
True friends see who we really are, hear our words and the feelings behind them, hold us in the safe harbor of their embrace, and… — Sue Thoele
Women do not often have it in their power to give like men, but they forgive like Heaven. — Suzanne Curchod
Forgiving behavior is dealing with situations as they arise in an assertive manner and then letting go of any lingering resentment. As the leader, if… — James Hunter
A KEY TO BEGIN FORGIVING: Become soft and tender with the person. The first step is to become soft in your mind and spirit. Lower… — Gary Smalley
Not forgiving somebody is like drinking poison and hoping that the offender will get sick. — Gary Smalley
People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don't show up. — Yelawolf
To forgive is indeed the best form of self-interest since anger, resentment, and revenge are corrosive of that summum bonum, the greatest good. — Desmond Tutu
Men will forgive a man anything except bad prose. — Winston Churchill
Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover. — Ambrose Bierce
People are always asking couples whose marriage has endured at least a quarter of a century for their secret for success. Actually, it is no… — Erma Bombeck
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… — Frederick Buechner
Offend her, and she knows not to forgive; Oblige her, and she'll hate you while you live. — Alexander Pope
I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been quite willing to dispense with God. But he had to make Him give… — Blaise Pascal
Women can never forgive me; they hate me, they feel that I am disarming them. I show them without their coquetry. — Edgar Degas
My deepest belief is that to live as if we're dying can set us free. Dying people teach you to pay attention and to forgive… — Anne Lamott
I don't think there's a petty system of heaven and hell. The love of God is much more forgiving. I'm not a believer in a… — Susan Sarandon

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