Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-20] of 28 Forgiveness quotesForgiveness QuotesForgiveness Next 20 quotes To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.~ Franklin P. Adams No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.~ Aesop Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Absolute justice is achieved by the suppression of all contradiction, therefore it destroys freedom.~ Albert Camus Never make a defence or apology before you be accused.~ Charles I Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.~ François Duc de La Rochefoucauld I should, indeed, prefer twenty men to escape death through mercy, than one innocent to be condemned unjustly.~ Sir John Fortescue It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi The only vice that can not be forgiven is hypocrisy.~ William Hazlitt The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.~ Eric Hoffer I know it will give great offence to the New England clergy, but the advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from them.~ Thomas Jefferson But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.~ Jesus of Nazareth Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.~ Jesus of Nazareth And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.~ Jesus of Nazareth Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.~ Jesus of Nazareth Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.~ John F. Kennedy Forgive, but never forget.~ John F. Kennedy Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Forgiving releases you from the punishment of a self-made prison where you are both the inmate and the jailer.~ Howard Martin Not to forgive is to be imprisoned by the past, by old grievances that do not permit life to proceed with new business. Not to forgive is to yield oneself to another's control... to be locked into a sequence of act and response, of outrage and revenge, tit for tat, escalating always. The present is endlessly overwhelmed and devoured by the past. Forgiveness frees the forgiver. It extracts the forgiver from someone else's nightmare.~ Lance Morrow Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print