Forgives Quotes

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

One forgives the critic - perhaps - but never the good-natured friend.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.

Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

God forgives us... who am I not to forgive?

God forgives those who invent what they need.

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.