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Quotes About Forgiveness

Most of us can forgive and forget; we just don't want the other person to forget that we forgave
~ Ivern Ball
People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than for being right.
~ Unknown
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
~ Unknown
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
~ Unknown
Too late I stayed, - forgive the crime! Unheeded flew the hours; How noiseless falls the foot of time That only treads on flowers
~ William Robert Spencer
My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. Believe me, you can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from your anguish whatsoever.
~ Della Reese
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.
~ Voltaire
The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
~ Denis Diderot
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
~ Bruce Lee
Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.
~ Unknown
It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.
~ Jessamyn West
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury
~ Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Men that have much business must have much pardon
~ Proverb
When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
~ Gerald Jampolsky
God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray
~ John Calvin
You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing
~ Jane Austen
When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down,And ask of thee forgiveness.
~ William Shakespeare
Everyone's really saying the same thing: Love, forgiveness and peace; just saying it in different ways.
~ Unknown
This restored church stands as a symbol of peace and forgiveness.
~ Unknown
I only hope that I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I have wronged.
~ Jack Abramoff
Words will not ever be able to express my sorrow and my profound regret for all my actions and mistakes. I hope I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I've wronged or caused to suffer.
~ Jack Abramoff
All of my remaining days, I will feel tremendous sadness and regret for my conduct and for what I have done. I only hope that I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and from those I have wronged or caused to suffer.
~ Jack Abramoff
I ask your forgiveness and the forgiveness of the people of Israel for remarks I made at the time concerning the writing of the holy prophet Joel and his view of the inviolate nature of the land of Israel.
~ Pat Robertson
I ask your forgiveness and the forgiveness of the people of Israel.
~ Pat Robertson