Browsing Topic Best Forgiveness Quotes

Please find below a curated list of 842 of The Best Forgiveness Quotes by notable women and men. Please consider sharing with others any of the Forgiveness Quotes that resonate.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Before you judge someone else, stop and think about all that God has forgiven you for.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Thinking , Religious

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Life , Hate

Humbleness, forgiveness, clarity and love are the dynamics of freedom. They are the foundations of authentic power.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Freedom , Humility

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Virtue , History

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Inspirational , Life

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Inspirational , Christianity

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Thinking , Inspirational

Live truly and forgive quickly.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Inspirational , Life

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Heart , Inspirational

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it forgoes revenge, and dares forgive an injury.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Soul , Revenge

Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Hate , Principles

We must not only speak about forgiveness and reconciliation, we must act on these principles.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Speak , Principles

Be an example. Show kindness to unkind people. Forgive people who don’t deserve it. Love unconditionally. Your actions reflect who you are.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , People , Love

Forgiving is not forgetting. Forgiving is remembering without pain.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Inspirational , Remember

Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Giving , Done

A huge part of real love is constant forgiveness.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Real , Dream

I think it’s important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Thinking , Important

Best quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Inspirational , Ideas

Forgiving is not about forgetting, it’s letting go of the hurt.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Forget , Hurt

Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Reconciliation , Optional

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Moral , Wise

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Humans , Love

Being nice doesn’t make you stupid. It makes you feel good because you know you are gracious enough to forgive and smart enough to realize how distasteful some people can be.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , People , Knows

The forgiveness of God is one thing, but the proof that we want that forgiveness is the energy we expend to make amends for the wrong.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Want , Energy

Forgiveness works two ways, in most instances. People have to forgive themselves too. The powerful have to forgive themselves for their behavior. That should be a sacred process.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , People , Powerful

Forgiveness is not a one-time-only event. It is a process.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Process , Events

Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , Ideas , Forgiving

There is only one thing harder in this world than forgiving. It’s to ask forgiveness armed only with, ‘I’m sorry’.

Topic(s): Forgiveness , World , Asks

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

Topic(s): Forgiveness , People , Believe

To be kind, honest and have positive thoughts; to forgive those who harm us and treat everyone as a friend; to help those who are suffering and never to consider ourselves superior to anyone else: even if this advice seems rather simplistic, make the effort of seeing whether by following it you can find greater happiness.