Quotations About Forgiveness


Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.  
Mark Twain
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.  
Marlene Dietrich
Forgiveness is a funny thing.  It warms the heart and cools the sting.  
William Arthur Ward
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. 
Paul Boese

Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.  
Harriet Nelson
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.  
George Herbert
There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.  
Sydney Harris

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.  
Roberto Assagioli
One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget.  
Franklin P. Jones
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it forgoes revenge, and dares forgive an injury.  
E.H. Chapin
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.  
Oscar Wilde
Yes, this is what good is:  to forgive evil.  There is no other good. 
Antonio Porchia
It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him. 
Olin Miller

The man who forgives is far stronger than the man who fights.  
Nathan Croall

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