Forgiving Heart Quotes:

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

- Oscar Wilde

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Life, Military History, Military Soldier

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

- Bryant H. McGill

topic: Love, Inspirational, Forgiveness, Inspirational Forgiveness, What Is Forgiveness

Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.

- Marvin J. Ashton

topic: Wisdom, Heart, Nursing, Inspirational Nurse, Inspirational Nursing

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

- Lewis B. Smedes

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Happiness, Never Forgive, Inspirational Forgiveness

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

- Corrie Ten Boom

topic: Inspirational, Forgiveness, Heart, Inspirational Forgiveness, What Is Forgiveness

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

- William Arthur Ward

topic: Inspirational, Forgiveness, Uplifting, Self Forgiveness, How To Forgive

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

- Jean Paul

topic: Beautiful, Forgiveness, Humanity, How To Forgive, What Is Forgiveness

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

topic: Forgiveness, Spiritual, Two, Another Way, Asking For Forgiveness

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”

- Henry Ward Beecher

source: "Gems of Truth & Beauty".

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship, Another Way, Asking For Forgiveness

You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it.'

- Maya Angelou

topic: Positive, Forgiveness, Mean, Love And Courage, What Is Forgiveness

No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart.

- J. C. Ryle

topic: Prayer, Heart, Forgiving, Forgiving Heart

The forgiving heart is capable of anything. I believe that deeply. And that's where in terms of becoming an empowered individual.... when you get to the point where you realize you can look at someone and say “I love myself enough - not in a schmaltzy garbage sense, Hallmark stuff, I'm talking respect myself - I respect my life-force enough to no longer waste it.

- Caroline Myss

topic: Believe, Heart, Talking, Forgiving Heart

And what I thought, every time I thought about my father, every time his name came up, was quite simply: I WANT TO KILL YOU. I wanted to be more mature, more reasonable, I wanted to have a big, fat, forgiving heart that could contain all this rage and still find room for kind, beneficent love, but I didn't have it in me. I just didn't.

- Elizabeth Wurtzel

topic: Father, Heart, Names, Forgiving Heart

I begin with humility, I act with humility, I end with humility. Humility leads to clarity. Humility leads to an open mind and a forgiving heart. With an open mind and a forgiving heart, I see every person as superior to me in some way; with every person as my teacher, I grow in wisdom. As I grow in wisdom, humility becomes ever more my guide. I begin with humility, I act with humility, I end with humility.

- Eric Greitens

source: Eric Greitens (2015). “Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life”, p.33, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

topic: Teacher, Heart, Humility, Forgiving Heart