Quotes About Forgiveness

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak our lasting vengeance. It is ourselves that we cannot forgive.

I blame my mother for nothing, but forgive her for everything.

Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.

The offender never pardons

My pet, the world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather, Understand one another.

If you forgive people enough you belong to them, and they to you, whether either person likes it or not squatter's rights of the heart

To be social is to be forgiving

Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.

I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.

Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge.

True forgiveness is not an action after the fact, it is an attitude with which you enter each moment.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace

To forgive is human, to forget divine. . .

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing

We achieve inner health only through forgiveness - the forgiveness not only of others but also of ourselves

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive