In Britain, America
and Switzerland,
those who were punished
accepted they were
in the wrong.
But in Greece and Russia
those who were punished
sought revenge.
Science, 7/3/08
It really doesn't matter
if the person who hurt
you deserves to be
forgiven. Forgiveness
is a gift you give yourself.
You have things to do
and you want to move on.
Real LivePreacher.com
July 7, 2003
To understand everything
is to forgive everything
Buddah
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in
the soft brown earth with the grasses
waving above one's head,
and listen to silence.
To have no yesterday, and no
to-morrow. To forget time,
to forgive life, to be at peace.
Oscar Wilde
Always forgive your enemies
- nothing annoys
them so much.
Oscar Wilde
And if your friend does evil
to you, say to him, ''I forgive
you for what you did to me",
but how can I forgive you for
what you did to yourself?
Friedrich Nietzsche
Most of us can forgive
and forget; we just don't
want the other person to
forget that we forgave
Ivern Ball
One of the secrets of a
long and fruitful life is
to forgive everybody
everything before you
go to bed
Ann Landers
To love means loving the
unlovable. To forgive means
pardoning the unpardonable.
Faith means believing the
unbelievable. Hope means
hoping when everything
seems hopeless.
G K Chesterton
Love yourself—accept
yourself—forgive yourself
—and be good to yourself,
because without you the
rest of us are without a
source of many wonderful
things.
Leo F. Buscaglia
When I was a kid I used to
pray every night for a new
bicycle. Then I realised that
the Lord doesn't work that
way so I stole one and asked
Him to forgive me.
Emo Phillips
The weak can never forgive.
Forgiveness is the attribute
of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi
Men forget but never forgive.
Women forgive
but never forget.
Anon (obviously)
No man ever loved like Jesus.
He taught the blind to see
and the dumb to speak.
He died on the cross to
save us. He bore our sins.
And now God says,
'Because He did,
I can forgive you.'
Billy Graham
He that cannot forgive others
breaks the bridge over which
he must pass himself;
for every man has need
to be forgiven.
Lord Herbert
It is easier to get
forgiveness than permission.
Colin Powell
(paraphrased from
It's much easier to apologize
than it is to get permission.
- Admiral Grace Hopper)
Forgiveness does not
change the past,
but it does enlarge the future
Paul Boese
Forgive many things in
others; nothing in yourself.
Ausonius
Anger makes you smaller,
while forgiveness forces
you to grow beyond what
you were.
Cherie Carter-Scott,
" If Love Is a Game,
These Are the Rules"
If you haven't forgiven
yourself something,
how can you forgive
others?
Dolores Huerta
To err is human;
to forgive, infrequent.
Franklin P. Adams
(1881 - 1960)
'Tis the most tender
part of love,
each other to forgive.
John Sheffield
There is no revenge so
complete as forgiveness.
Josh Billings
(1818 - 1885)
Forgiveness is almost
a selfish act because
of its immense benefits
to the one who forgives.
Lawana Blackwell,
The Dowry of Miss
Lydia Clark, 1999
Forgiveness does not always
lead to a healed relationship.
Some people are not capable
of love, and it might be wise
to let them go along with
your anger. Wish them well,
and let them go their way.
Real LivePreacher.com
July 7, 2003
The stupid neither forgive
nor forget; the naive
forgive and forget;
the wise forgive but
do not forget.
Thomas Szasz,
The Second Sin (1973)
"Personal Conduct'
A woman can forgive
a man for the harm he
does her ... but she can
never forgive him for the
sacrifices he makes on her
account.
W. Somerset Maugham
(1874 - 1965),
The Moon and Sixpence.
Forgiveness is the healing of wounds
caused by another. You choose to
let go of a past wrong and no longer
be hurt by it.
Forgiveness is a strong move to
make, like turning your shoulders
sideways to walk quickly on a
crowded sidewalk.
It's your move.
Real LivePreacher.com
July 7, 2003
Pray you now,
forget and forgive.
William Shakespeare
(1564 - 1616),
"King Lear"
Act 4 scene 7
No one forgives with
more grace and love
than a child.
Real Live Preacher
02-15-06
The hatred you're carrying
is a live coal in your
heart - far more damaging
to yourself than to them.
Lawana Blackwell,
The Dowry of
Miss Lydia Clark, 1999
They who forgive most
shall be most forgiven.
Bailey
It is easier to forgive
an enemy
than to forgive a friend.
William Blake
To forgive is to set a prisoner
free and discover that the
prisoner was you.
Lewis B Smedes
Life is an adventure
in forgiveness.
Norman Cousins
(1915- 1990)
The development of
forgiveness in the context
of adolescent friendship
conflict in Korea
Park Y.O.; Enright R.D.
Journal of Adolescence,
Volume 20, Number 4,
August 1997 ,
pp. 393-402(10)
Gender Differences in
the Relationship Between
Empathy and Forgiveness
LOREN TOUSSAINT
and JON R. WEBB
J Soc Psychol. 2005
December;
145(6): 673–685.
Effects of a group
forgiveness
intervention on forgiveness,
perceived stress, and
trait-anger
Alex H. S. Harris,
Frederic Luskin,
Sonya B. Norman,
Sam Standard,
Jennifer Bruning,
Stephanie Evans,
Carl E. Thoresen
VA Palo Alto Health
Care System
and Stanford University
J Clin Psychol 62:
715-733, 2006.
Kathleen A. Lawler,
Jarred W. Younger,
Rachel L. Piferi,
Rebecca L. Jobe,
Kimberley A. Edmondson
and Warren H. Jones
Department of Psychology,
University of Tennessee,
Journal of Behavioral
Medicine
1573-3521 (Online)
Issue Volume 28,
Number 2 / April, 2005
Wade's Forgiveness Scale. (1989)