Forgiveness Quotes

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

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
Grace Hopper

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.
Ausonius

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

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

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.
Suzanne Somers

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

If you can’t forgive and forget, pick one.
Robert Brault

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

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

Without forgiveness, there’s no future.
Desmond Tutu

There’s no point in burying a hatchet if you’re going to put up a marker on the site.
Sydney Harris

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
Franklin P. Adams

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

‘Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive.
John Sheffield

Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.
Lawana Blackwell

The hatred you’re carrying is a live coal in your heart – far more damaging to yourself than to them.
Lawana Blackwell

Forgiveness is love in its most noble form.
Anon

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.
Lewis B. Smedes