Forgiveness

[Guest packrat]

Quotations about Forgiveness

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

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

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. ~Marlene Dietrich

It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. ~Stewart's Law of Retroaction

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. ~Mahatma Gandhi

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. ~Lewis B. Smedes

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

You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched. ~Edgar Watson Howe, Country Town Sayings, 1911

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

Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. ~Isaac Friedmann

Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself. ~Harriet Nelson

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. ~George Herbert

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

Nobody forgets where he buried the hatchet. ~Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard, Abe Martin's Broadcast, 1930

Yes, this is what good is: to forgive evil. There is no other good. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

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

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. ~Josh Billings

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. ~Roberto Assagioli

One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget. ~Franklin P. Jones

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it forgoes revenge, and dares forgive an injury. ~E.H. Chapin

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

AMEN.

[Guest Called]

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:14-15 -JESUS

[Orr v'emet]

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:14-15 -JESUS

(I especially like the JESUS part)

[Guest markh]

Isn't so easy to say all these things? It's the doing of them that is the hard part.

Mark

[Guest Called]

Isn't so easy to say all these things? It's the doing of them that is the hard part.

Mark

You're right, but the doing brings unbelievable freedom!

[Orr v'emet]

Isn't so easy to say all these things? It's the doing of them that is the hard part.

Mark

You just have to remember that it's not about me or my feelings, it's about Jesus. He commands us to forgive, so we should, plain and simple.

[Guest markh]

I totally agree. However because of the nature of man it's sometimes hard to absolutely forgive AND forget.

Mark

[Guest Called]

I totally agree. However because of the nature of man it's sometimes hard to absolutely forgive AND forget.

Mark

Well, we are not commanded to forget, just to forgive. I still remember past hurts, but I harbor no bitterness or animosity towards others, but that doesn't mean I haven't forgiven them.

[WayneB]

Packrat,

I wondered why God's WORD wasn't quoted to begin with. Thanks to Debbie for resolving that with the words of Jesus Christ spoken in the Sermon on the Mount.

Once consideration packrat

[Guest Called]

for Forgiveness to be effective, the Repentance needs to be sincere.

That is good Wayne! Can I quote you on that sometime?