Forgiveness

Forgiveness

Some quotes are here about forgiveness.

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. --Mark Twain

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. --Marlene Dietrich

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

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. --William Arthur Ward

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. --Paul Boese

It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. --Grace Hopper

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. --William Blake, Jerusalem

Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. --Isaac Friedmann

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

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

Yes, this is what good is: to forgive evil. There is no other good. --Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwi

Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. If you twist it into something it was never meant to be, it can make you a doormat or an insufferable

manipulator. Forgiving seems almost unnatural. Our sense of fairness tells us people should pay for the wrong they do. But forgiving is love's power to break nature's rule. --Lewis B. Smedes

It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him. --Olin Miller

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. --Oscar Wilde

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. --Roberto Assagioli