Forgiving Quotes

1882 Forgiving quotes by 1110 unique authors

Never forget the nine most important words of any family- I love you. You are beautiful. Please forgive me. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
It's forgiveness that makes us what we are. Without forgiveness, our species would've annihilated itself in endless retributions. Without forgiveness, there would be no history.… — Gregory David Roberts
The mark of Cain is stamped upon our foreheads. Across the centuries, our brother Abel was lain in blood which we drew, and shed tears… — Pope John XXIII
How can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God? There is no one, no entity or… — Ian Mcewan
Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. — Morrie Schwartz
I remember, in hot floods, the way he slept, still as death, with his face washed flat, stony as a carved tomb and exquisite. His… — Katherine Dunn
Pass us by, and forgive us our happiness — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I can forgive injuries, but never benefits. — Horace Walpole
Don't we forgive everything of a lover? We forgive selfishness, desire, guile. As long as we are the motive for it...There are some European words… — Michael Ondaatje
No, I can't admit it. Brother,' said Alyosha suddenly, with flashing eyes, 'you said just now, is there a being in the whole world who… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Forgive my rudeness. I cannot abide useless people. — Jane Espenson
For we did makeup. But we didn't forgive each other. And we didn't take steps. And it got to be too late and we saw… — Alice Munro
To forgive or not to forgive... are those my only choices? — Natsuki Takaya
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it — Oscar Wilde
Everyone had some defect, or body or of mind: he thought of all the people he had known (the whole world was like a sick… — W. Somerset Maugham
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
Forgiveness is an act of creation. You can choose from many ways to do it. You can forgive for now, forgive till then, forgive till… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
We forgive, we mortify our resentment; a week later some chain of thought carries us back to the original offence and we discover the old… — C.S. Lewis
One can forgive but one should never forget. — Marjane Satrapi
When we don’t forgive, we’re not hurting the other person. We’re not hurting the company that did us wrong. We’re not hurting God. We’re only… — Joel Osteen
You may be at a crossroads in your life. You may have issues to deal with; people you need to forgive. You can go one… — Joel Osteen
It is hard to forgive, and to look at those eyes, and feel those wasted hands,' he answered. 'Kiss me again; and don’t let me… — Emily Bronte
There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a… — Oscar Wilde
She sealed his lips with a wanton kiss; 'Though I forgive your breaking your vows to heaven, I expect you to keep your vows to… — Matthew Gregory Lewis

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