Forgive Quotes

I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it. No one wants to be mad in their own house. I didn't want to be angry my whole life. It takes so much energy out of you to be mean.

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

I feel like God has forgiven me of so much, that I will forgive everyone who has hurt us.

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

God will not forgive us if we fail.

To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.

In a way I think Bill Clinton is more likely to forgive and move on or at least try to woo people who don't love him. But he never really tried to woo the press as much as he might have.

My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.

I didn't have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don't, and until I learned how to forgive those people and let it go, I was unhappy.

Forgive me for not writing but this man is exhausting.

Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?

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

We all must learn to dig down deep inside, trust that inner voice, and not be afraid to face and forgive ourselves.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.

I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up at sometimes. I don't drink anymore but my alcoholic head occasionally says different. 'Nil By Mouth' was a love letter to my father because I needed to resolve some issues in order to be able to forgive him.

If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

There are so many factors when you think of your own films. You think of the people you worked on it with, and somehow forget the movie. You can't forgive the movie for a long time. It takes a few years to look at it with any objectivity and forgive its flaws.

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.

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.

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.

Good advice is one of those injuries which a good man ought, if possible, to forgive, but at all events to forget at once.

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.

To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.

The history of our country is cruel. We have to face those issues or, should I say, we had to. Not anymore I hope, because we are going in the right direction, and we are ready to forgive, ready to move on.