Henry Ward Beecher Forgiveness Quotations

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.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

''I can forgive, but I cannot forget,'' is only another way of saying, ''I cannot forgive.''

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men.

A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it never can be shown against the man.

There is an ugly kind of forgiveness in this world,--a kind of hedgehog forgiveness, shot out like quills. Men take one who has offended, and set him down before the blowpipe of their indignation, and scorch him, and burn his fault into him; and when they have kneaded him sufficiently with their fiery fists, then--they forgive him.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

There is an ugly kind of forgiveness in this world--a kind of hedgehog forgiveness, shot out like quills.

I can forgive but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive.

A helping word to one in trouble is often like a switch on a railroad track-an inch between wreck and smooth-rolling prosperity.

Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.