In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15469/view">In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/248/Hannah_Arendt">Arendt, Hannah</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15470/view">Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/338/St._Augustine">Augustine, St.</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15471/view">Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/338/St._Augustine">Augustine, St.</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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You should pardon many things in others, nothing in yourself. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15472/view">You should pardon many things in others, nothing in yourself..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/342/Auson">Auson</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15473/view">Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/343/Decimus_Magnus_Ausonius">Ausonius, Decimus Magnus</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15474/view">This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/377/Francis_Bacon">Bacon, Francis</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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They who forgive most shall be most forgiven. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15475/view">They who forgive most shall be most forgiven..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/391/Josiah_Bailey">Bailey, Josiah</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15476/view">The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/416/Arthur_James_Balfour">Balfour, Arthur James</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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I never forgive, but I always forget. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15477/view">I never forgive, but I always forget..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/416/Arthur_James_Balfour">Balfour, Arthur James</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15478/view">The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/429/Honore_De_Balzac">Balzac, Honore De</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15479/view">Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/586/Henry_Ward_Beecher">Beecher, Henry Ward</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15480/view">Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/586/Henry_Ward_Beecher">Beecher, Henry Ward</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15481/view">God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/586/Henry_Ward_Beecher">Beecher, Henry Ward</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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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. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15482/view">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..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/586/Henry_Ward_Beecher">Beecher, Henry Ward</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15483/view">I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/586/Henry_Ward_Beecher">Beecher, Henry Ward</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. [Job 14:17] <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15484/view">My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. [Job 14:17].</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/726/Bible">Bible</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. [Ephesians 1:7] <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15485/view">In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. [Ephesians 1:7].</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/726/Bible">Bible</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. [Ephesians 4:32] <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15486/view">And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. [Ephesians 4:32].</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/726/Bible">Bible</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15487/view">To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/729/Ambrose_Bierce">Bierce, Ambrose</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15488/view">There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/733/Josh_Billings">Billings, Josh</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15489/view">Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/810/Paul_Boese">Boese, Paul</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgive those who have hurt you. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15490/view">Forgive those who have hurt you..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/1052/Les_Brown">Brown, Les</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15491/view">Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/1052/Les_Brown">Brown, Les</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15492/view">We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/1203/Samuel_Butler">Butler, Samuel</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the republic of the guillotine. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15493/view">Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the republic of the guillotine..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/1281/Albert_Camus">Camus, Albert</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15494/view">One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/1405/Louis-Ferdinand_Celine">Celine, Louis-Ferdinand</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15495/view">Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/1438/Edwin_Hubbel_Chapin">Chapin, Edwin Hubbel</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15496/view">Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/1484/Lord_Chesterfield">Chesterfield, Lord</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever. It implies a discovery of weakness, which we are more careful to conceal than a crime. Many a man will confess his crimes to a friend; but I never knew a man that would tell his silly weaknesses to his most intimate one. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15497/view">Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever. It implies a discovery of weakness, which we are more careful to conceal than a crime. Many a man will confess his crimes to a friend; but I never knew a man that would tell his silly weaknesses to his most intimate one..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/1484/Lord_Chesterfield">Chesterfield, Lord</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not to others what thou wouldn't not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15498/view">Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not to others what thou wouldn't not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/1644/Confucius">Confucius</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Those who easily forgive invite offenses. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15499/view">Those who easily forgive invite offenses..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/1700/Pierre_Corneille">Corneille, Pierre</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15500/view">It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/1968/Madame_Dorothe_Deluzy">Deluzy, Madame Dorothe</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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When you are happy you can forgive a great deal. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15501/view">When you are happy you can forgive a great deal..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/2015/Princess_of_Wales_Diana">Diana, Princess of Wales</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15502/view">Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/2029/Marlene_Dietrich">Dietrich, Marlene</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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What is forgiven is usually well remembered. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15503/view">What is forgiven is usually well remembered..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/2147/Louis_Dudek">Dudek, Louis</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15504/view">Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/2247/Tryon_Edwards">Edwards, Tryon</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it? <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15505/view">Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it?.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/2267/George_Eliot">Eliot, George</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15506/view">Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/2348/Euripides">Euripides</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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A man must learn to forgive himself. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15507/view">A man must learn to forgive himself..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/2449/Arthur_Davison_Ficke">Ficke, Arthur Davison</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15508/view">It is in pardoning that we are pardoned..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/2607/of_Assisi_St._Francis">Francis of Assisi, St.</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15509/view">Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/2722/Indira_Gandhi">Gandhi, Indira</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15510/view">The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/2723/Mahatma_Gandhi">Gandhi, Mahatma</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15511/view">If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/2822/Kahlil_Gibran">Gibran, Kahlil</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15512/view">If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/2895/Johann_Wolfgang_Von_Goethe">Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15513/view">To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/3172/Dag_Hammarskjold">Hammarskjold, Dag</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15514/view">A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/3239/Sidney_J._Harris">Harris, Sidney J.</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Of course God will forgive me; that's His job. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15515/view">Of course God will forgive me; that's His job..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/3335/Heinrich_Heine">Heine, Heinrich</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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God will forgive me, that's his business. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15516/view">God will forgive me, that's his business..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/3335/Heinrich_Heine">Heine, Heinrich</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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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. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15517/view">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..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/3382/George_Herbert">Herbert, George</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgive you? -- Oh, of course, dear, a dozen times a week! We women were created forgiveness but to speak. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15518/view">Forgive you? -- Oh, of course, dear, a dozen times a week! We women were created forgiveness but to speak..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/3424/Ella_Higginson">Higginson, Ella</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15519/view">A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/3591/Edgar_Watson_Howe">Howe, Edgar Watson</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15520/view">Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/3608/Kin_Hubbard">Hubbard, Kin</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15521/view">The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/3678/Aldous_Huxley">Huxley, Aldous</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15522/view">If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/3707/Robert_Green_Ingersoll">Ingersoll, Robert Green</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15523/view">I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/3774/Gerald_G._Jampolsky">Jampolsky, Gerald G.</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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We easily pardon an offense we had part in. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15524/view">We easily pardon an offense we had part in..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/3905/Juoy">Juoy</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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We pardon to the extent that we love. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15525/view">We pardon to the extent that we love..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/4175/Rochefoucauld_Francois_De_La">La Rochefoucauld, Francois De</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15526/view">He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/4248/Lauter">Lauter</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgive thyself little, and others much. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15527/view">Forgive thyself little, and others much..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/4315/Robert_Leighton">Leighton, Robert</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we would find in each person's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15528/view">If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we would find in each person's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/4485/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow">Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgiveness is God's command. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15529/view">Forgiveness is God's command..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/4552/Martin_Luther">Luther, Martin</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15530/view">The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/4716/Orison_Swett_Marden">Marden, Orison Swett</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgiveness is the oil of relationships. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15531/view">Forgiveness is the oil of relationships..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/4866/Josh_Mcdowell">Mcdowell, Josh</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15532/view">The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/5044/Margaret_Mitchell">Mitchell, Margaret</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself? <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15533/view">And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/5347/Friedrich_Nietzsche">Nietzsche, Friedrich</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15534/view">We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/5742/Plato">Plato</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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To err is human, to forgive is divine. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15535/view">To err is human, to forgive is divine..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/5783/Alexander_Pope">Pope, Alexander</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence? <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15536/view">How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/5783/Alexander_Pope">Pope, Alexander</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgive and forget. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15537/view">Forgive and forget..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/5854/Proverb">Proverb</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Never repeat old grievances. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15538/view">Never repeat old grievances..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/5854/Proverb">Proverb</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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A reconciled friend is a double enemy. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15539/view">A reconciled friend is a double enemy..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/5854/Proverb">Proverb</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Those that do you a very ill deed will never forgive you. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15540/view">Those that do you a very ill deed will never forgive you..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/5854/Proverb">Proverb</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live we shall see. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15541/view">If I die, I forgive you. If I live we shall see..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/5911/Spanish_Proverb">Proverb, Spanish</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15542/view">A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/5978/Rambler">Rambler</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15543/view">Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/6119/Jean_Paul_Richter">Richter, Jean Paul</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15544/view">The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/6649/George_Bernard_Shaw">Shaw, George Bernard</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature! <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15545/view">Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/6649/George_Bernard_Shaw">Shaw, George Bernard</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15546/view">It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/6650/Henry_Wheeler_Shaw">Shaw, Henry Wheeler</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Their errors have been weighed and found to have been dust in the balance; if their sins were as scarlet, they are now white as snow: they have been washed in the blood of the mediator and the redeemer, Time. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15547/view">Their errors have been weighed and found to have been dust in the balance; if their sins were as scarlet, they are now white as snow: they have been washed in the blood of the mediator and the redeemer, Time..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/6669/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley">Shelley, Percy Bysshe</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled? <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15548/view">There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/6852/Sophocles">Sophocles</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15549/view">Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/6962/Laurence_Sterne">Sterne, Laurence</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15550/view">He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/7058/Koran_Sura">Sura, Koran</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15551/view">The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/7103/Thomas_Szasz">Szasz, Thomas</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgive! How many will say, forgive, and find a sort of absolution in the sound to hate a little longer! <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15552/view">Forgive! How many will say, forgive, and find a sort of absolution in the sound to hate a little longer!.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/7168/Lord_Alfred_Tennyson">Tennyson, Lord Alfred</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15553/view">To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/7244/John_Tillotson">Tillotson, John</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15554/view">Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/7349/Mark_Twain">Twain, Mark</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15555/view">Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/7349/Mark_Twain">Twain, Mark</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgotten is forgiven. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15556/view">Forgotten is forgiven..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/7377/Source_Unknown">Unknown, Source</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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He who forgives ends the quarrel <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15557/view">He who forgives ends the quarrel.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/7377/Source_Unknown">Unknown, Source</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15558/view">It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/7377/Source_Unknown">Unknown, Source</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgiveness is the key to happiness. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15559/view">Forgiveness is the key to happiness..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/7377/Source_Unknown">Unknown, Source</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Forgiveness is the scent that the rose leaves on the heel that crushes it <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15560/view">Forgiveness is the scent that the rose leaves on the heel that crushes it.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/7377/Source_Unknown">Unknown, Source</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15561/view">Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/7717/Oscar_Wilde">Wilde, Oscar</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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God has a big eraser. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15562/view">God has a big eraser..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/7938/Billy_Zeoli">Zeoli, Billy</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great. <blockquote><a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/quotes/15563/view">Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great..</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://www.quotecosmos.com/authors/7949/Johann_Georg_Zimmermann">Zimmermann, Johann Georg</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotecosmos.com">Quote Cosmos</a>
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