Forgiving Quotes

1882 Forgiving quotes by 1110 unique authors

To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy Power, which seems omnipotent; To love, and bear;… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
He believed in God even if he was doubtful of men's claims to know God's mind. But that a God unable to forgive was no… — Cormac McCarthy
I forgive you," I said. I said what I had to. I would die by pieces to save myself from real death. — Alice Sebold
Just be you-strong and honest. The rest falls into place if you do that. It always has. It always will. Remember that. No matter what… — Melissa Marr
In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long… — Benjamin Franklin
We spoke about our dreams and how we always felt safe in them, no matter how bad everthing else seemed. He told me it was… — Melina Marchetta
In the photograph by my bed my mother is perpetually smiling on me. I guess I have forgiven us both, although sometimes in the night… — Sue Monk Kidd
...forgiving is not the same as forgetting. — Cecily von Ziegesar
The lamb misused breeds public strife And yet forgives the butcher's knife. — William Blake
Anger is the right response to something that is so wrong. But don't let the anger and pain and loss you feel prevent you from… — William P. Young
There is a saying that to understand is to forgive, but that is an error, so Papa used to say. You must forgive in order… — Marilynne Robinson
I'm not frightened. I'm not frightened of anything. The more I suffer, the more I love. Danger will only increase my love. It will sharpen… — Bernhard Schlink
I dinna know what's a sadist. And if I forgive you for this afternoon, I reckon you'll forgive me, too, as soon as ye can… — Diana Gabaldon
Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss SLOWLY. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile. — Mark Twain
A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself. — Linda Sue Park
You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?" It will not." If you're holding out for more, you won't get… — Agatha Christie
...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how… — Joan Bauer
Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people. — Haruki Murakami
Would the last animal, eating garbage and living on the last scrap of land, his mate dead, would he still forgive you? — Barry Lopez
She understood him. He could not forgive her,-but he could not be unfeeling. Though condemning her for the past, and considering it with high and… — Jane Austen
Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive… — Fred Rogers
What care I if it be "wild and improbable" and "lacking in literary art"? I refuse to be any longer hampered by such canons of… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
What is there to forgive?. . .Ignore forgive and concentrate on living. Life for you is short; far too short to allow small jealousies to… — Jasper Fforde
He had only to touch me to turn my tears into sighs and my anger to desire. How accomodating love is; it forgives everything. — Isabel Allende
Love knows no virtue, no profit; it loves and forgives and suffers everything, because it must. It is not our judgment that leads us; it… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

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