Forgiveness Quotes

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

Friedrich Nietzsche

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

Frederick William Robertson

The forgiveness that comes of patient interpretation seems impossible when those nearest to your heart are threatened.

Giles Foden

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.

George Herbert

I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.

Gordon B. Hinckley

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

Grace Hopper

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

Gerald Jampolsky

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.

Gerald Jampolsky

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Hannah Arendt

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

Henry Ward Beecher

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

Henry Ward Beecher

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

Honore de Balzac

'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.

Harlan Coben

In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart.

Hillary Clinton

I am 100% in the camp that says forgiveness is mostly about the forgiver.

Hillary Clinton

God will forgive me. It's his job.

Heinrich Heine

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Indira Gandhi

The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.

Immaculee Ilibagiza