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…

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Forgiveness Quotes

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of...

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of...

I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong,...

I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong,...

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to...

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to...

The overweening self-respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at...

The overweening self-respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us...

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us...

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

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

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down,...

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down,...

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

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

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they...

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.