Quotes & Sayings About Not Forgiving Easily

I hated my father all my life but in his final days I forgave him for all the suffering he caused us. As you grow older, marry, and have children of you own, you learn and forget. I do not forget easily, but I do forgive. — Sophia Loren

I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself. — Queen Rania Of Jordan

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained. One feels so forgiving and generous after a substantial and well-digested meal - so noble-minded, so kindly-hearted. — Jerome K. Jerome

Words don't come easily, like forgive me. — Tracy Chapman

We can easily forgive want of means; but littleness, with means, is disgusting. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

But isn't a life based on seeking personal happiness by nature self-centered, even self-indulgent? Not necessarily. In fact, survey after survey has shown that it is unhappy people who tend to be most self-focused and are often socially withdrawn, brooding, and even antagonistic. Happy people, in contrast, are generally found to be more sociable, flexible, and creative and are able to tolerate life's daily frustrations more easily than unhappy people. And, most important, they are found to be more loving and forgiving than unhappy people. — Dalai Lama XIV

You must learn to forgive yourself as easily as you forgive others. And then take a further step and use all that energy that you used in condemning yourself for improving yourself. After that I really started to get somewhere - because there's only one person you can change and that's yourself. After you have changed yourself, you might be able to inspire others to look for change. — Peace Pilgrim

A man may forgive many wrongs, but he cannot easily forgive anyone who makes it plain that his conversation is tedious. — Stevie Smith