Forgive And Forget Quotes - Page 3

• Let us forget and forgive injuries.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Injury

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1749). “The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by mr. Motteux. Ozell”, p.40

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• Sometimes it's better to forgive and forget. And sometimes, on the other hand, it's better to leave the friendship.

  Natalie Portman

  Hands, Forgiving, Sometimes

  "New Again: Natalie Portman". Interview With Ingrid Sischy, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 24, 2016.

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• The weak can never forgive.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Strength, Being Strong, Forgiveness

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.155, A&C Black

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• Encourage me, and I will not forget you.

  William Arthur Ward

  Relationship, Encouragement, Criticism

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• Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

  Robert Jordan

  Forgiveness, Men, Forgiving

  Robert Jordan (2002). “The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.549, Macmillan

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• We forgive and forget. At least I forgive and he forgets.

  Ann Brashares

  Forgiving, Forget

  Ann Brashares (2010). “My Name is Memory”, p.76, Penguin

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• It is not "forgive and forget" as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but "forgive and go forward," building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.

  Alan Paton

  Moving On, Forgiveness, Mistake

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• It is a happy thing that time quells the longings of vengeance and hushes the promptings of rage and aversion. I had left this woman in bitterness and hate, and I came back to her now with no other emotion than a sort of ruth for her great sufferings, and strong yearning to forget and forgive all injuries - to be reconciled and clasp hands in amity.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Forgiveness, Strong, Hate

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.190, Penguin

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• To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.

  Robert Muller

  Love, Happiness, Beautiful

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• There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom. Friendship loves a free Air, and will not be penned up in straight and narrow Enclosures. It will speak freely, and act so too; and take nothing ill where no ill is meant; nay, where it is, 'twill easily forgive, and forget too, upon small Acknowledgments.

  William Penn

  Real, Air, Forgiving

  "Some Fruits of Solitude In Reflections And Maxims". Book by William Penn. Part 1: "Friendship", www.bartleby.com. 1682.

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• Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Ifs

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.206, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

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• There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Love, Inspirational, Forgiveness

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• 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, Spiritual, Two

  Henry Ward Beecher, Edna Dean Proctor (1860). “Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher”, p.108

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• Forgiveness is the final form of love.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Love, Forgiveness, Philosophical

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• Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

  Desmond Tutu

  Inspiring, Forgiveness, New Beginnings

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• It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God, people refuse to forgive and forget and heap past wrongs upon innocent generations.

  E. A. Bucchianeri

  Father, Fall, Son

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• A lot of people, when they say forgive and forget, they think you completely wash your brain out and forget everything. That is not the concept. What I think is you forgive and you forget so you can transform your experiences, not necessarily forget them but transform them, so that they dont haunt you or handicap you or kill you.

  Ishmael Beah

  Thinking, Forget Everything, People

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• I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.

  Zachery Ty Bryan

  Hard Times, Forgiving, Holding Grudges

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We should forgive and forget the faults of others. Anger is the enemy of every spiritual aspirant. Anger causes loss of power through every pore of our body. In circumstances when the mind is tempted to get angry, we should control ourselves and resolve firmly, 'No.' We can go to a secluded spot and chant our mantra. The mind will become quiet by itself.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Loss, Forgiving

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• One of the greatest gifts you can give your husband is your own wholeness.

  Stormie Omartian

  Love, Marriage, Forgiveness

  Stormie Omartian (2014). “The Power of a Praying® Wife”, p.25, Harvest House Publishers

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• Lean toward love at all times, cut people slack, forgive and forget, and be kind, very kind; the more you do that, the less fear you will have. People will raise up to support you. Refuse to be scared in this lifetime.

  Stuart Wilde

  Cutting, Support You, People

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• It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Forgiveness

  Twitter post from Jul 21, 2016

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• When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.

  Bernard Meltzer

  Inspirational, Change, Forgiveness

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• He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

  George Herbert

  Relationship, Forgiveness, Faith

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• Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

  John F. Kennedy

  Funny, Forgiveness, Witty

  John F. Kennedy, Dominique Enright (2003). “The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy”, Michael O'Mara Books

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