We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.

The audience will always forgive you for being wrong and exciting, but never for being right and dull.

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?

Forgive me," he went on. "For a long time I have had the peculiar habit of not arriving but appearing.

Can you ever forgive me? I already have. How could you? I don't deserve it. That's what makes it love.

The fact my relationship with my son is so good makes me forgiving of my father and also appreciative.

There is only one sin god will not forgive Boss, and that is to deny a woman who is in wanting ~ Zorba

Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.

None of us are perfect, and we all make mistakes. But the American people are a very forgiving people.

Trees like to have kids climb on them, but trees are much bigger than we are, and much more forgiving.

..we were always taught, instead of waiting to be swept off our feet, to 'expect little, forgive much'.

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.

Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always - always - more willing to laugh at themselves.

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.

We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.

To my disappointment I now realized that to know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

In love, there really is no "Right" and "Wrong". You just have to decide what you're willing to forgive

We all love best not those who offend us least, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

Forgive! How many will say, forgive, and find a sort of absolution in the sound to hate a little longer!

The inability to forgive, that is the lack of compassion, is really nothing more than lack of knowledge.

My calling is to preach the love of God and the forgiveness of God and the fact that he does forgive us.

Lovers should guard their strangeness. If they forgive too much, all slides into confusion and meanness.

In marriage, everyday you love,and everyday you forgive.It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness

The bad news that we are all guilty is met with the best news that God loves and forgives guilty people.

He's not going to look back if you don't,' he said, 'They're the most forgiving creatures God ever made.

I forgive nothing. If you stole my orange crayon in the fifth grade, you're still on my hit list, buddy.

I have always thought of Christmas time... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time.

I want a man who knows something about himself. And is appalled. And has to forgive himself to get along.

Forgiving is, first of all, a way of helping yourself to get free of the unfair pain somebody caused you.

Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

I chose to believe that God, a benign God, would understand our sufferings and forgive us our trespasses.

Our Country will, I believe, sooner forgive an Officer for attacking his Enemy than for letting it alone.

The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.

the heart that is truly virtuous is ever inclined to pity and forgive the errors of its fellow-creatures.

We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.

We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need it--because we need it.

When a man but half forgives his enemy, it is like leaving a bag of rusty nails to interpose between them.

Your fellowship with God flows freely when you're willing to forgive, but it gets blocked by unforgiveness.

Let's not forget that God never gets tired of forgiving so let's never get tired of asking for forgiveness.

Procrastination is not Laziness", I tell him. "It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself.

Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.

We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.

I'm ready to forgive him for the desire to be a king, but not for wanting to have 23 million court jesters.

Forgiving someone isn't just about doing good to another. It's also about healing a scar in your own heart.

Let us go to Calvary to learn how we may be forgiven. And then let us linger there to learn how to forgive.

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

Be praised, my Lord, through those who forgive for love of you; through those who endure sickness and trial.

To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat.

Other-cheekism is not only a way of purifying the soul, it is also part of every weak person's survival kit.

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