Forgiven Quotes

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.
Thomas Fuller

Cannot, Others, Forgive

How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Sorry, Angry, Nothing

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Forgotten is forgiven.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
Elbert Hubbard

Envy, Joy, Might

People do make mistakes and I think they should be punished. But they should be forgiven and given the opportunity for a second chance. We are human beings.
David Millar

Mistakes, Human, Chance

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
Albert Camus

Happiness, Share, Consent

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

Woman, Her, Once

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
William Hazlitt

Hypocrite, Cannot, Hypocrisy

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
Jane Austen

The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven.
Rick Warren

Home, Past, Jesus

And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot more forgiving of other people. You're a lot more gracious to others.
Rick Warren

Others, Grace, Forgiving

If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
E. O. Wilson

Alone, Failure, Successful

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.
Louis Dudek

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.
Walt Whitman

May, Him, Perfect

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.
Josh Billings

Lord, Sins, Confess

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.
Keira Knightley

Live, Away, Ask

The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Mistakes, Lesson

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
Paul Tillich

Failure, Whole, Risks

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
George Herbert

Cannot, Others, Forgive

There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people.
Henry Rollins

Blowing, Village, Bunch

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
Mason Cooley

Truth, Failure, Happy

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
Aesop

May, Forgotten, Injuries

Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
Ovid

Woman, Night, Makes

There are some hurts that we experience that can be forgiven but we won't forget them.
Joyce Meyer

Experience, Forget, Hurts

All things can be forgiven if we can progress.
Cat Stevens

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
Igor Stravinsky

Cannot, Sins, Undone

Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life.
Joseph Prince

Life, Power, Knowing

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.
Kevyn Aucoin

Beauty, Soon, Realized

I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.
Lauryn Hill

Control, Others, Forgive

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
Dag Hammarskjold

Work, Forgive, Possible

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