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

Good-humor makes all things tolerable.

Good-humor makes all things tolerable.

A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if...

A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if...

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to...

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to...

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper...

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper...

When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is...

When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is...

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You...

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You...

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of...

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of...

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the...

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the...

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...

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour,...

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour,...

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving...

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving...

A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up,...

A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up,...

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

This program would clearly allow for the forgiveness of loans,

This program would clearly allow for the forgiveness of loans,