I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.
I don't think I have the power to forgive.
Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.
The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business.
One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it.
You can forgive yourself a great deal.
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
It is easier often to forgive than to be forgiven; yet it is fatal to be willing to be forgiven by God and to be reluctant to be forgiven by men.
I would forgive my mom, but she's going to have to admit she did some things that were wrong.
I'm very forgiving so I forgive most things, really.
I can play really terrible human beings, and I seem to have a quality that people can, if not necessarily forgive me those sins, at least cut me some slack.
My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.
There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
Forgive me if I sleep until I wake up.
There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.
I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I have wronged will forgive me my trespasses.
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
I believe forgiveness is the best form of love in any relationship. It takes a strong person to say they're sorry and an even stronger person to forgive.
I always forgive, but I never forget.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
I don't have a twin, but I do have a brother and sisters, and I do know that there is a special bond there that is - I'm going to say - closer. It's different. It's closer than having a best friend. It's easier to forgive them. I think it's also easier to get mad at them. You feel a little piece of yourself in them.
Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
I am someone who can't hold on to negativity or hold on to grudges. I might feel something at a certain point, but I get tired after that. I don't carry it with me. I forgive and forget very easily, and that's the only way to be happy and peaceful.
If you're going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy; God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.
Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.
I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.
When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
You are changed by the people you are closest to, and this has allowed me to forgive myself for the person I once was.
Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.
