Forgive Your Enemies Quotes

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

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.166, A&C Black

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• To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Inspirational, Happiness, Inspiring

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• Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Forgiveness

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.179, Tuttle Publishing

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• Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Oscar Wilde (1947). “The Happy Prince”, p.16, New Line Publishing

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• Don't forgive your enemies for their sake - do it for your sake.

  Bill Bartmann

  Forgiving, Enemy, Sake

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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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• Forgive your enemy, but do not mistake him for a friend.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Mistake, Inspiration

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• Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

  Nelson Mandela

  Forgiveness, Letting Go, Spiritual

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• I was taught to be Biblical: “Forgive them for they know not what they do.

  Michael Jackson

  Forgiveness, Biblical, Christ On The Cross

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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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• It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

  William Blake

  Friendship, Forgiveness, Depressing

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.251, Univ of California Press

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• Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

  Robert Kennedy

  Forgiveness, Clever, Names

  Quoted in Nancy McPhee, The Second Book of Insults (1981)

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• Forgive your enemies, but first get even.

  Lester Cole

  Forgiving, Enemy, Firsts

  "Fictional character: Nick Condon". "Blood on the Sun", www.imdb.com. 1945.

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• The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

  William Blake

  Faith, Forgiveness, Christian Inspirational

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.201, Univ of California Press

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• People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

  Oscar Wilde

  People, Forgiving, Enemy

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• Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Witty, Funny Inspirational, Business

  "The Military Quotation Book" by James Charlton, (p. 93), 2002.

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• A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.

  E. W. Howe

  Forgiveness, Men, Forgiving

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• The Jesus I follow is the peacemaker, is one who says forgive your enemies, who worries about the poor, who worries about the poorest of the poor instead of the richest of the rich.

  Frederick Buechner

  Jesus, Worry, Enemy

  "Frederick Buechner Extended Interview". Interview with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. May 5, 2006.

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• I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads.

  Willie Nelson

  Distance, Nashville, Forgiving

  Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin (2006). “The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart”, p.53, Penguin

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

  Marlene Dietrich

  Marriage, Forgiveness, Women

  Marlene Dietrich's ABC (1962)

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• It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.

  Lana Turner

  Movie, Forgiveness, Forgiving

  Lana Turner (1982). “Lana--the lady, the legend, the truth”, Dutton Adult

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• John F. Kennedy says: 'Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.' I suggest that forgive your enemies and forget their names too! Don't leave any stone in your head; keep only the flowers, only the names of the good men!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Flower, Men, Names

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• When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Forgiving, Enemy, Haste

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• They say that when god was in Jerusalem he forgave his murderers, but now he will not forgive an honest man for differing with him on the subject of the Trinity. They say that God says to me, "Forgive your enemies." I say, "I do;" but he says, "I will damn mine." God should be consistent. If he wants me to forgive my enemies he should forgive his. I am asked to forgive enemies who can hurt me. God is only asked to forgive enemies who cannot hurt him. He certainly ought to be as generous as he asks us to be.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Hurt, Men, Forgiving

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• it's easier to forgive your enemies than to forgive your friends.

  Mary McCarthy

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Enemy

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