Forgiveness Quotes

Unforgiveness is the poison you drink every day hoping that the other person will die.

T’was a thief said the last kind word to Christ. Christ took the kindness and forgave the theft.

Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly person in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness.

I never look back and think too much about my films. I’ve done some work I’ve been proud of over the years but which of them is my favourite I really don’t know. I could say the last one. I’ve had little jumps in my career like Unforgiven possibly.

I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.

Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.

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.

In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.