Values & Character: Forgiveness Quotes

"John's time and effort were, in the main, spent on pretty honorable stuff. As for the other side, well, nobody's perfect, nobody's Jesus. And look what they did to him"

Paul McCartney, Musician

"God forgives those who invent what they need"

Lillian Hellman, Dramatist

"Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast"

Marlene Dietrich, Actress

"A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man"

Edgar Watson Howe, Editor

"And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot more forgiving of other people. You're a lot more gracious to others"

Rick Warren, Writer

"No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves"

Francis of Assisi, Saint

"It is in pardoning that we are pardoned"

Francis of Assisi, Saint

"Only lies and evil come from letting people off"

Iris Murdoch, Author

"Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life"

George MacDonald, Novelist

"Only the brave know how to forgive... A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature"

Laurence Sterne, Novelist

"Hatred is self-punishment"

Hosea Ballou, Clergyman

"Forgiveness means letting go of the past"

Gerald Jampolsky, Psychologist

"Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them"

Robertson Davies, Novelist

"When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge"

Gerald Jampolsky, Psychologist

"Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions"

Gerald Jampolsky, Psychologist

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

Gerald Jampolsky, Psychologist

"You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do"

Nicole Kidman, Actress

"I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. As I now count on your understanding"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"To understand is to forgive, even oneself"

Alexander Chase, Author

"On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... Whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level"

Edward Albert, Actor

"The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive"

Marianne Williamson, Author

"May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds"

Marianne Williamson, Author

"Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness"

Marianne Williamson, Author

"It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins"

Karl Barth, Theologian

"To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment"

Jose Bergamin, Writer

"Let the one among you, who is without sin, be the first to cast a stone"

Jesus Christ, Prophet

"Forgiveness leads to love, and love leads to forgiveness"

Darren L. Johnson, Author

"I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances"

Fernando Flores, Politician

"He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love"

Johann Kaspar Lavater, Theologian

"The public seldom forgive twice"

Johann Kaspar Lavater, Theologian

"I don't think anyone sets out to do something bad, it's just that it's very difficult"

Gary Cole, Actor

"The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another"

Joseph Roux, Clergyman

"I don't think any one person is the cause of all of someone else's problems"

Helen Reddy, Actress

"How could you get angry with Jackie Gleason?"

Maureen O'Hara, Actress

"One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them"

Kingsley Amis, Novelist

"God forgives us... Who am I not to forgive?"

Alan Paton, Novelist

"Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury"

Edwin Hubbel Chapin, Clergyman

"When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if we could have settled for a lesser label"

William Glasser, Psychologist

"Reject hatred without hating"

Mary Baker Eddy, Theologian

"The only thing I can talk about is just forgiving yourself, because I do not have everything together. And so I tell people: No, you should see my house, it's a mess"

Susan Sarandon, Actress

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