Quotes about Forgiveness
What is a peacemaker? Peacemakers are the mercy of God to a sinful world.
— Heidi Baker
We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.
— Heinrich Heine
Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.
— Henri Nouwen
When we are securely rooted in personal intimacy with the source of life, it will be possible to remain flexible without being relativistic, convinced without being rigid, willing to confront without being offensive, gentle and forgiving without being soft, and true witnesses without being manipulative.
— Henri Nouwen
One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is to add to the offense.
— Henry David Thoreau
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
— Henry Ward Beecher
A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it can never be shown against the man.
— Henry Ward Beecher
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
— Henry Ward Beecher