quotable quotes on forgiveness

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 Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. -Suzanne Somers Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. -Indira Gandhi Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. -Hannah More Forgiveness is the final form of love. -Reinhold Niebuhr Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. -Mark Twain Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life. -George MacDonald Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. -Hannah Arendt 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. -Saint Augustine Forgiveness means letting go of the past. -Gerald Jampolsky Forgotten is forgiven. -F. Scott Fitzgerald Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on. -Alice Duer Miller He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. -Thomas Fuller How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all. -Clarissa Pinkola Estes Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. -Jean Paul I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget. -Chaim Herzog It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. -Grace Hopper It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited. -Lewis B. Smedes It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him. -Olin Miller It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them. -Lana Turner Life is an adventure in forgiveness. -Norman Cousins Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. -Bruce Lee My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person. -Janine Turner Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. -H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. -Marlene Dietrich Brainyqote.com