Quotes about forgiveness

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

William Blake

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

Henry Ward Beecher

If by chance I talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father.

William Shakespeare

Relationship is about forgiveness and compromise. It is about balance where one person complements each other.

Nicholas Sparks

I’m willing to forgive the press, or forgive anybody, I was taught to love and forgive, which I do have in my heart.

Michael Jackson

There will be no future unless there is peace. There can be no peace unless there is reconciliation. But there can be no reconciliation before there is forgiveness. And there can be no forgiveness unless people repent.

Desmond Tutu

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

Desmond Tutu

Forgive others, forgive yourself, forgive yourself for not being perfect, and accept responsibility for your own life.

Leo Buscaglia

A man ought to be able to be carried away by his feelings, he ought to be able to be mad, to make mistakes, to suffer! A woman will forgive you audacity and insolence, but she will never forgive your reasonableness!

Anton Chekhov

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has need to be forgiven.

Thomas Fuller