It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Forgiveness Quotes

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without...

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without...

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 sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

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...

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much...

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much...

The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though...

The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though...

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature,...

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature,...

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes...

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes...

Blessed are the Happiness Makers. Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's...

Blessed are the Happiness Makers. Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's...

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...

Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the feet. The...

Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the feet. The...

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal....

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal....

Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows

Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows

Pride is the shirt of the soul, put on first and put off last

Pride is the shirt of the soul, put on first and put off last