Quotes about Forgiveness
Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
— George Eliot
When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.
— George Eliot
We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.
— George Eliot
I wait for you to complete the voyage into yourself, for the old wounds to heal. I know that when you return from your nightmares, we shall again walk hand in hand, as before.
— Isabel Allende
It is human to err, but it is devilish to remain willfully in error.
— St. Augustine
Agape is disinterested love. . . . Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. . . . Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy; it is directed toward both.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I can forgive, but I cannot forget" is only another way of saying, "I will not forgive." Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note-torn in two and burned up so that it never can be shown against one.
— Henry Ward Beecher
God will forgive me the foolish remarks I have made about Him just as I will forgive my opponents the foolish things they have written about me, even though they are spiritually as inferior to me as I to thee, O God!
— Heinrich Heine
Love your friend with his fault.
— Anonymous
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer.
— Anonymous
Don't hate, it's too big a burden to bear.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kindness is the ability to love people more than they deserve.
— Anonymous