(447 quotes found)
“Most of us can forgive and forget; we just don't want the other person to forget that we forgave”
Ivern Ball
“Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.”
Hannah Moore
“Forgiveness is not the misguided act of condoning irresponsible, hurtful behavior. Nor is it a superficial turning of the other cheek that leaves us feeling victimized and martyred. Rather it is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past.”
Joan Borysenko
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
Mark Twain
“Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.”
William Arthur Ward
“One forgives to the degree that one loves.”
François de la Rochefoucauld
“We achieve inner health only through forgiveness - the forgiveness not only of others but also of ourselves”
Joshua Loth Liebman
“The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing”
George Bernard Shaw
“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
“If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others.”
Dolores Huerta
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