The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say – we will never forgive you. – Greta Thunberg At UN climate action summit, New York, 23 September 2019.
Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself. – Henry Ward Beecher
Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself. – George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman, Maxims for Revolutionists.
Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy. – George William Russell
Carrying a grudge is a heavy burden. As you forgive, you will feel the joy of being forgiven. – Henry B. Eyring
In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I’m keeping a chart. – Hillary Clinton
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
Throwing money at something doesn’t really create – forgive me that onerous word – art. – Harold Prince
All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon. – Oscar Wilde An Ideal Husband, Sir Robert Chiltern, Act 2.
If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl. – H. L. Mencken
I can forgive the body breaking down. It’s a little tougher to forgive that mental lapse. – Hale Irwin
The only thing I’ve settled in my mind is that I want to forgive, and forgiveness comes with forgetting. – Ingrid Betancourt
God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature. – Julia Ward Howe
And God knows I needed to be forgiven. So I had to forgive everybody. And then God – as I read in the word, you’re supposed to pray for your enemies. Try that one on. – Jim Bakker
Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too. – Josh Billings
I feel like God has forgiven me of so much, that I will forgive everyone who has hurt us. – Jim Bakker
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 don’t haunt you or handicap you or kill you. – Ishmael Beah
Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world. – Camryn Manheim