Top 80 Forgiving Quotes

Kids don’t care what you did wrong – they’re just up every day living, forgiving, loving, having fun.

I’m a spiritual dude, and a part of me is forgiving.

Turning 50 is making me reflect on my life in a way that’s more compassionate and forgiving.

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what’s bitter and move on.

Second only to the sea, the Miami sky has been the greatest comfort in my life past 50. On a good day, when the wind blows from the south, the light here is diffuse and forgiving.

Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.

Laurel and Hardy have this love relationship. Why? This little Englishman screwed Hardy up, physically, every day of his life! Why is he with him the next day? It’s forgiving.

To be social is to be forgiving.

As I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.

One meaningful distinction between high and popular culture, is that there’s way more good popular culture – because its standards of quality are more forgiving, because sobriety isn’t its default mode, because there’s so damn much of it.

My mum is a lovely woman, so strong but so kind and compassionate. She brought us up to be proud, loving and forgiving.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

The overwhelming message of the Atonement is the perfect love the Savior has for each and all of us. It is a love which is full of mercy, patience, grace, equity, long-suffering, and, above all, forgiving.

Forty years ago, we were on the tail of the Front Page era. There was a different point of view. Reporters and editors were more forgiving of public people. They didn’t think they had to stick someone in jail to make a career.

There’s such a freewheeling nature to ‘Second City,’ and the greatest thing about ‘Second City’ was having a sophisticated audience night after night who appreciated what it was. They knew it wasn’t all going to be great when you improvised, so they were very forgiving that way.

I always struggled with the idea of forgiving my enemies.

Forgiving is OK. Forgetting, never.

The fact my relationship with my son is so good makes me forgiving of my father and also appreciative.

What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, ‘Dey this, dey dat.’ Or the way you dress? Or is it the forgiving of certain things? What is black enough?

Most of the time, we make discoveries about how difficult people are at the moment when the difficulties have actually hurt us; therefore, we are not likely to be forgiving or sympathetic.

The reason I call my book ‘Irreverent’ is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book ‘Forgiving’ because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.

New York as an industry is the best city for real estate. You’re in a very transparent market. If you need to liquidate, you make three phone calls and you could sell something, even in the worst market. It is also less forgiving; if you make a mistake you can lose money.

Let’s face it: in advertising, you are paid more, but you die younger. It’s not very forgiving. Like sports stars, you’re in it during your better years, and then you’re out looking for work.

The people who did you wrong or who didn’t quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.

Christians are supposed to be the most forgiving people on the face of the Earth.

People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don’t show up.

If someone busted into your house and robbed you, would you then forgive them if you found out they were a veteran? Of course not. So why are we forgiving McCain for selling out his country by supporting the Bush agenda?

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

Anne is very forgiving. She doesn’t care about money, being rich, or clothes. We never argued about finances.

Mother Nature may be forgiving this year, or next year, but eventually she’s going to come around and whack you. You’ve got to be prepared.

The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place.

Inexpensive and forgiving, kosher salt is fantastic for everyday cooking and tastes pure.

I’ve had a very, very forgiving and a very, very supportive mother who never really gave me a hard time for going in and out of slackerdom.

I’ve got a lot of charisma, plus women are forgiving and they can be charmed.

In the worst memoirs, you can feel the author justifying himself – forgiving himself – in every paragraph. In the best memoirs, the author is tougher on him- or herself than his or her readers will ever be.

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.

There’s a reason ISIS exists, which is because we’ve invaded countries, and they hate the Western world. I’m not forgiving them; I’m just saying there’s a reason.

Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always – always – more willing to laugh at themselves.

No matter how many flaws we have, our God is so forgiving and understanding. He’ll never leave you or forsake you. So that brings peace to me.

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.

I’m convinced that no one can amount to a damn in the arts if he becomes sweetly reasonable, seeing all sides of a picture, forgiving all sins.

Bravely going out into the world and trying, yet still deep down believing you’re ruled by your past circumstances, is like forgiving someone but still hoping they sit in something wet.

Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

Central to living a life that is good is a life that’s forgiving. We’re creatures of contact, regardless of whether we kiss or we wound.

People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people’s families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.

Hollywood can be a very stinging town. They say it’s a forgiving business. It’s not that forgiving.

If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn’t take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.

It’s toughest to forgive ourselves. So it’s probably best to start with other people. It’s almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.

Forgive: Make a conscious decision to cease to harbor resentment, which includes forgiving a debt and giving up one’s resolve to retaliate.

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.

There was a time – before I made movies – when I was more forgiving, but now that I’ve learned as much as I have, I want to do movies that I want to see, that have their own unique flavor.

My mother was kind and forgiving and would take in all the waifs and strays in our neighbourhood; we always compared her to Mother Teresa. She taught me a lot.

I’m pretty forgiving, so sometimes I forget how evil people were to me. Then I think, ‘Wait a minute. Don’t let them get you.’ Then I hit ‘ignore’ on FaceBook.

Well, it’s a little harder in New York. It’s not as forgiving to a film crew. You hold up a bunch of New Yorkers who can’t cross the street, they’re not going to take it well. Southern California? They’ll wait. It’s cool man. In New York, they’re like, ‘Are you kidding me? I gotta get to work.’

Western audiences are way more forgiving for the image of a star.

I think we’re all trying our hardest, and a lot of times we do bad things and need to do more good things. We need to be more caring, more forgiving, more loving.

The best thing they’ve told me is to be forgiving of yourself as a mother. I think you go into it, and you want to hold yourself to the highest standards, and you want to be perfect. That’s not possible. You make mistakes and learn.

The pressure in Hollywood is bigger to look good than in Germany. In Germany, we are more forgiving. Having a personal coach in Germany is not nearly as common as in Hollywood. In Hollywood, I think everyone has a personal trainer.

I just think that the God I serve is compassionate and loving and is forgiving.

Nixon’s grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.

I don’t like false happy endings, and I don’t think the real world is such a forgiving place.

Jesus sowed good seeds into the lives of the people He touched. His walk was humble, meek, giving, and forgiving, and He taught His disciples to be the same way.

This sport is not very forgiving.

When I dropped out of school at 19 to start my first job in Hollywood, I didn’t know anything, and I had no idea where I’d end up. Thankfully, I was attached to some smart and forgiving people who let me learn under them.

What I learned is you have to be forgiving with yourself. You have to be willing to take your time, and you can’t expect things from yourself that you can’t deliver.

The public is very forgiving. So we’re not trying to obtain some level of perfection that can’t be obtained. But if you’re straightforward and honest and your constituents trust you, they’ll help you get through the times when you fall short.

I am not vindictive, but very forgiving. Despite being wronged, I never took revenge on anyone.

To me, I think justice is part of forgiving, if it is well done with love.

People say that forgiving is my flaw, but I really believe that holding grudges and anger is a waste of energy.

Aviation is the branch of engineering that is least forgiving of mistakes.

I’m very forgiving so I forgive most things, really.