Forgiving Quotes

Nobody will be able to forgive me but myself.

People piss you off but its always important to forgive and forget.

When you love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable, you’re free.

You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing. God knows that and you know it. Nobody else may know it.

I am now willing to forgive myself . . . for believing I could offer something to others before I have offered it to myself.

My mother was Irish and she was superstitious, if you'll forgive the tautology.

There is only one sin god will not forgive Boss, and that is to deny a woman who is in wanting ~ Zorba

Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.

We learn our lessons; we get hurt; we want revenge. Then we realize that actually, happiness and forgiving people is the best revenge.

You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.

Here's to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don't even care

To excuse what can really produce good excuses is not Christian charity; it is only fairness. To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable in you.

Forgiving is...recognizing the injury, owning the pain, & reaching out.

I have always thought of Christmas time... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time.

You never so touch the ocean of God's love as when you forgive and love your enemies.

The only thing left to do is forgive and forget. I want to forgive you and I want to forget you.

Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.

Forgiving people are less likely to be hateful, depressed, hostile, anxious, angry, and neurotic.

Forgive me. I can no longer live with my nerves.

I'm tired of everybody. Please forgive me.

Be kind to everyone; forgive everyone everything.

If the mind, that rules the body, ever so far forgets itself as to trample on its slave, the slave is never generous enough to forgive the injury, but will rise and smite the oppressor.

When God forgives our sin, he is not changing his mind about us; he is changing our mind about him.

Forgive yourself and be ready to forgive yourself in the future. You're gonna screw up. It's okay.

When a man but half forgives his enemy, it is like leaving a bag of rusty nails to interpose between them.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

We are chained to that which we do not forgive

Don't forgive your enemies for their sake - do it for your sake.

Take good care of creation. St. Francis wanted that. People occasionally forgive, but nature never does. If we don't take care of the environment, there's no way of getting around it.

...Forgiving is not having to understand. Understanding may come later, in fragments, an insight here and a glimpse there, after forgiving.

But not forgiving yourself often becomes the root of severe self-loathing extreme self hatred and intense inhibitions. It will be next to impossible to truly start over when you feel unforgivable.

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love.

I came to see that there was nothing to forgive, that I was the one who caused my own problems.

Sometimes you forgive people simply becuase you still want them in your life.

Forgive and call back the energy wasted on past events.

There is a very big forgiving side in me that keeps me very light in my heart and happy.

One should hate very little, because it's extremely fatiguing. One should despise much, forgive often and never forget. Pardon does not bring with it forgetfulness; at least not for me.

I feel like God has forgiven me of so much, that I will forgive everyone who has hurt us

Women can't forgive failure.

I forgive all personal weaknesses except egomania and pretension.

Know that people are doing the best they can from their level of awareness. Accept people for who they are and always be ready to forgive.

An eye for an eye." "And the whole world goes blind," Coral puts in quietly.

Some forgive and forget, more forgive and remember, most forgive and remind.

You can spill drinks on me, even spit on me. I'll just laugh about it. But If you dare to hurt my friends... I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!

You refuse to forgive people, and yet on the Day of Judgment you will stand bare, begging Allah to forgive you.

Don't wait to forgive until you feel like forgiving; you will never get there. Feelings take time to heal after the choice to forgive is made.

Let's forgive the past and who we were then. Let's embrace the present and who we're capable of becoming. Let's surrender the future and watch miracles unfold.

The lamb misused breeds public strife And yet forgives the butcher's knife.

Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

When you choose not to forgive, the experience that you do not forgive sticks with you.