Forgiveness Quotes

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

Lord Kelvin

Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.

Earl of Chesterfield

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Adlai Stevenson

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles,a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

John Lennon

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Mahatma Gandhi

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Peter Ustinov

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

George Herbert

To err is human; to forget, divine.

J. H. Goldfuss

I pardon him as God shall pardon me.

William Shakespeare

What if this cursed hand Where thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?

William Shakespeare

Forgiveness is the fragrance of the violet which still clings fast to the heel that crushed it.

The offender never forgives.

Good-nature and good-sense must ever join; To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Alexander Pope

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Alexander Pope