Forgiving Quotes

1882 Forgiving quotes by 1110 unique authors

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. — Elbert Hubbard
If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith. — Robert Green Ingersoll
If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my… — Jesse Jackson
We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive. — T.D. Jakes
If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues. — T.D. Jakes
When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually. — T.D. Jakes
Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. — Elton John
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in… — Samuel Johnson
To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look… — Angelina Jolie
I remember everything but forgive anyway. — Erica Jong
Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does not forgive. — Nikos Kazantzakis
Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. — Garrison Keillor
Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for… — Garrison Keillor
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. — Thomas a Kempis
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. — John F. Kennedy
I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult… — Sue Monk Kidd
The fact my relationship with my son is so good makes me forgiving of my father and also appreciative. — Anthony Kiedis
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It… — Rodney King
I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it.… — Rodney King
God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't. — Alfred Korzybski
Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It… — Ann Landers
You hope that your teenage self would like and forgive your 50-year-old self. — Hugh Laurie
He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
We think of the noble object for which the professor appears tonight, we may be assured that the Lord will forgive any one who will… — Stephen Leacock

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