Forgiving Quotes

1882 Forgiving quotes by 1110 unique authors

There is only one sin god will not forgive Boss, and that is to deny a woman who is in wanting ~ Zorba — Nikos Kazantzakis
Forgiveness does not create a relationship. Unless people speak the truth about what they have done and change their mind and behavior, a relationship of… — William P. Young
We are all prone to brood on the evil done us. That brooding becomes as a gnawing and destructive canker. Is there a virtue more… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Forgive me," he went on. "For a long time I have had the peculiar habit of not arriving but appearing. — Milan Kundera
Will’s voice dropped. “Everyone makes mistakes, Jem.” “Yes,” said Jem. “You just make more of them than most people.” “I —” “You hurt everyone,” said… — Cassandra Clare
Friendship is a Spackle in itself. You'll forgive your friends a lot, and if you're a woman, you'll forgive your straight male friends even more.… — Sloane Crosley
…for no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into… — Louisa May Alcott
Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you. — Louisa May Alcott
…men never forgive like women. — Louisa May Alcott
Do as the heavens have done, forget your evil; With them forgive yourself. — William Shakespeare
This time I wouldn't forget him, because I couldn't ever forgive him - for breaking my heart twice. — James Patterson
This evening I begin a notebook. If anyone reads this, I trust they will forgive my overuse of "I". I can't stop it. I'm writing… — Jonathan Franzen
Somewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going through, who accepts that… — Veronica Roth
Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate? Until we learn how to forgive, that sort of thing is going to keep on happening." He… — David Eddings
These scars on my body,” Alexander declared, “were got for you, my brothers. Every wound, as you see, is in the front. Let that man… — Steven Pressfield
Forgive me-he mumbled against her lips. Please. Forgive me for what I'm going to do to you. ~Shade — Larissa Ione
Part of life is a quest to find that one essential person who will understand our story. But we choose wrongly so often. Over the… — Jonathan Carroll
I am sorry," I whispered. "I am sorry for all of the ways that I failed you. I am sorry that I was not there… — John Connolly
But really, the term “forgive and forget” doesn’t make sense to me. Forgiving does allow us to stop dwelling on an issue, which isn’t always… — Meg Cabot
Throughout history humans have inflicted countless violent, cruel, and hurtful acts on each other, and continue to do so. Are they all to be condemned;… — Eckhart Tolle
To forgive is not just to be altruistic. — Desmond Tutu
After all, the only way to communicate is to find someone who can comprehend; the only way to be forgiven is to find someone who… — Jodi Picoult
When we are securely rooted in personal intimacy with the source of life, it will be possible to remain flexible without being relativistic, convinced without… — Henri Nouwen
And if a friend does you wrong, then say: "I forgive you what you have done to me; that you have done it to YOURSELF,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The noblest revenge is to forgive — Thomas Fuller

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