Forgiveness Quotes

Famous sayings about forgiving others, letting go, and the strength it takes — 102 sayings

I intend to go back to work and try to earn the forgiveness of those that I have hurt.

— Anthony Weiner 2011
Wisdom

Forgive me for using the term 'fat little brother' ... It is not a criticism, rather a suggestion that he do some exercises and go on a diet, don't you think? I'm doing this for the gentleman's health.

— Fidel Castro 2005
Wisdom

I couldn't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, not only important but right. He was a man of his time, and he had the defects of his time, as well as the virtues.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925
Wisdom

I've learned that the best way to get even is to forgive.

— Maya Angelou Unknown
Educational

The Lord always forgives, always. It is we who get tired of asking for forgiveness.

— Pope Francis 2014
Biblical

I have sinned greatly, but God will forgive me.

— Ivan the Terrible c. 1580s
Biblical

To err is human, to forgive divine. But to be forgiven is a greater sin than to forgive.

— James Joyce Unknown
Biblical

The unpardonable sin is to be a bore.

— Edgar Allan Poe Uncertain
Biblical

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

— Wole Soyinka Unknown
Biblical

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Unknown
Biblical

To err is human, to forgive divine.

— Cervantes 1615
Biblical

We will continue to work patiently to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula and regional stability. But if invasive outsiders and provocateurs touch us even slightly, we will not be forgiving in the least and sternly answer with a merciless, holy war…

— Kim Jong-un 2016
Biblical

I read the Bible every day. I read it in the morning, and I read it in the evening. I read it when I'm on the road, and I read it when I'm home. I read it when I'm happy, and I read it when I'm sad. I read it when I'm well, and I read it when I'm sic…

— Johnny Cash Unknown
Biblical

I'm not a religious man. I'm a spiritual man. I believe in God. I believe in Jesus Christ. I believe in the Holy Spirit. I believe in the Bible. I believe in heaven. I believe in hell. I believe in angels. I believe in demons. I believe in miracles. …

— Johnny Cash Unknown
Biblical

It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.

— Grace Hopper 1986 (U.S. Navy's Chips Ahoy magazine, July)
General

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

— Mark Twain Unspecified
General

My main interest is to promote human values, compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, self-discipline, contentment. That's my main interest.

— Dalai Lama (14th) c. 1990s
General

The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind.

— Marquis de Sade Late 18th century (approx.)
General

God forgive you, but you have deceived me.

— Elizabeth I 1578
General

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.

— Voltaire 1764
General
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