Quotes about forgiveness

"There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?"

Sophocles on forgiveness
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"Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at."

Sterne, Laurence on forgiveness
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"He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers."

Sura, Koran on forgiveness   

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"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the na?ve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."

Szasz, Thomas on forgiveness
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"Forgive! How many will say, forgive, and find a sort of absolution in the sound to hate a little longer!"

Tennyson, Lord Alfred on forgiveness   

"To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind."

Tillotson, John on forgiveness   

"Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy."

Twain, Mark on forgiveness
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"Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."

Twain, Mark on forgiveness
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"Forgotten is forgiven."

Unknown, Source on forgiveness   

"He who forgives ends the quarrel"

Unknown, Source on forgiveness
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"It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission."

Unknown, Source on forgiveness   

"Forgiveness is the key to happiness."

Unknown, Source on forgiveness
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"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it"

Twain, Mark on forgiveness
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"Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much."

Wilde, Oscar on forgiveness
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"God has a big eraser."

Zeoli, Billy on forgiveness
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"Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great."

Zimmermann, Johann Georg on forgiveness   

"For a working definition of forgiveness, I think of it as restoring love."

Thomas, Charles on forgiveness
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"forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that crushed it."

Unknown on forgiveness
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"there is no revenge so complete as forgiveness."

Unknown on forgiveness   

"forgiveness is me giving up the right to hurt you for hurting me."

Unknown on forgiveness
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"I donot know how to forgive myself for what I have done."

Modi, Varsha on forgiveness
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"The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise"

Nowlan, Alden on forgiveness