Forgiveness Quote by Peter Winter

It is manlike to punish but godlike to forgive.

— Peter Winter

Tis as manlike to bear extremities as godlike to forgive.

— John Ford

“There are three conceivable kinds of punishment—first, that of mere retribution, which I take to be entirely and only human—therefore, indeed, more properly inhuman,…

— George MacDonald

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

— Aristotle

To forgive is human, to forget divine.

— James Grand

“Better for him that each sin of his life had brought its sure, swift penalty along with it. There was purification in punishment. Not…

— Oscar Wilde

The alternative to forgiveness, but by no means its opposite, is punishment, and both have in common that they attempt to put an end…

— Hannah

“It is forgiveness that sets a man working for God. He does not work in order to be forgiven, but because he has been…

— Horatius Bonar

There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to…

— Oscar Wilde

By not forgiving, by not letting wrongs go, we aren't getting back at anyone. We are merely punishing ourselves by barricading our own hearts.

— Jim Cymbala

Forgiveness doesn't diminish justice; it just entrusts it to God. He guarantees the right retribution.

— Max Lucado

Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.

— Alain de Botton