<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Forgiveness - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66025]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65411]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65218]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65214]]></link><description><![CDATA[God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgotten is forgiven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgotten is forgiven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65096]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65095]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never meant to hurt them!!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65093]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64286]]></link><description><![CDATA[When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One forgives to the degree that one loves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64285]]></link><description><![CDATA[One forgives to the degree that one loves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64282]]></link><description><![CDATA[People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63605]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without forgiveness, there's no future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without forgiveness, there's no future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63371]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never give up on anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never give up on anybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63052]]></link><description><![CDATA[The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgivernourselves. For the things we didn't do. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62901]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgivernourselves. For the things we didn't do. The things we should have done. I think forgiving yourself is more important than forgiving anyone else and it's often the hardest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody deserves forgiveness and second chances, but not for the same mistake... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody deserves forgiveness and second chances, but not for the same mistake...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. -Mahatma Gandhi. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. -Mahatma Gandhi.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16557]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16558]]></link><description><![CDATA[To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16555]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers. -Koran.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend. -Madame Dorothée Deluzy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16548]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend. -Madame Dorothée Deluzy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16549]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16550]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a game only saints playKabir. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a game only saints playKabir.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16552]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much. -Oscar Wilde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much. -Oscar Wilde.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16554]]></link><description><![CDATA[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 one. -Henry Ward Beecher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. -Ausonius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. -Ausonius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16540]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. See our article: Forgiveness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16543]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. See our article: Forgiveness - A Real Stress Buster -Ed Howe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16544]]></link><description><![CDATA[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 one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16545]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time-just like it does for you and me. David McArthur & Bruce McArthur -Sara Paddison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16547]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise. -Alden Nowlan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. -Jean Paul Richter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. -Jean Paul Richter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16536</guid></item></channel></rss>