Life Celebration Quotes
Crafted with the reader in mind, this collection is clearly divided by themes:
Albert Einstein
Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.
Anaïs Nin
We are always forcing others to be what we want, need, imagine, and we never forgive them for being themselves.
Leo Tolstoy
One must put oneself in everyone’s position. To understand everything is to forgive everything.
Leonard Cohen
We are not mad. We are human. We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.
Margaret Atwood
But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.
Maya Angelou
It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.
Socrates
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Oscar Wilde
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
Alexander Pope
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
Bruce Lee
Forgiveness is not weak. It takes courage to face and overcome powerful emotions.
Desmond Tutu
Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.
Fred Rogers
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love
Martin Luther King Jr.
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.
Nelson Mandela
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
Robert Frost
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
Robert Fulghum
Take forgiveness slowly. Don't blame yourself for being slow. Peace will come
Yoko Ono