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

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

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

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 made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any...

God made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any...

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

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.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer...

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer...

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

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...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength...

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength...

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot...

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot...

By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings...

By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings...

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a...

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a...

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a...

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a...

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and...

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and...

The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person...

The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person...

Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages

Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of...

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of...

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations....

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations....