Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bryant H. McGill

The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.

Arthur Balfour

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Richard G. Scott

If you, through poor judgment, were to cover your shoes with mud, would you leave them that way? Of course not. You would cleanse and restore them. Would you then gather the residue of mud and place it in an envelope to show others the mistake that you made? No. Neither should you continue to relive forgiven sin. Every time such thoughts come into your mind, turn your heart in gratitude to the Savior, who gave His life that we, through faith in Him and obedience to His teachings, can overcome transgression and conquer its depressing influence in our lives.

Elizabeth Bowen

Forgiveness should be an act, but this is a state with him.

Anna Jameson

If we can still love those who have made us suffer, we love them all the more.

Thomas Fuller

The noblest revenge is to forgive

Thomas Fuller

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

Frank Robinson

The time for forgiveness and overlooking and waiting is over because you just don't have those numbers of games left. We got to have people going out there now doing the job, not hoping they are doing it.

Doris Lessing

if you understand something, you don't forgive it, you are the thing itself: forgiveness is for what you don't understand.

Bashar al-Assad

Terrorism is a state of mind that on the one hand has to do with ignorance and, on the other hand, can be attributed to a feeling of desperation over the political situation, which at some point takes the form of revenge.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits and values.

Baltasar Gracian

When a man's knowledge is deep, he speaks well of an enemy. Instead of seeking revenge, he extends unexpected generosity. He turns insult into humor, ... and astonishes his adversary who finds no reason not to trust him.

Brenden Morrow

It's not so much revenge, but I think you want to hold on to a little of that just for extra motivation.

Brennan Manning

The cultural propaganda embodied in two liquor advertisements, "Living well is the best revenge" and "Sip it with arrogance," have a curious, perhaps demonic appeal. Consumerism indeed has its own spirituality.

Edgar Allan Poe

A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.

Daniel Craig

Revenge doesn't stop.

Adolf Hitler

Night gangsters! For this crime I will exact a thousand fold revenge!

Ally Carter

There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear..." he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the last, drawing a deep breath before he said, "Revenge.

John Stott

Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love.

Erwin W. Lutzer

There’s no such thing as a bitter person who keeps the bitterness to himself.

Saint Augustine

If you understood him, it would not be God.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves.

Beth Moore

Satan never wastes a fiery dart on an area covered in armor.

Corrie Ten Boom

If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest.