150 Not Forgetting Quotes

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Famous Not Forgetting Quotes

Forgiving is not forgetting. Forgiving is remembering without pain. — Celia Cruz

But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget. — Tim O'Brien

Eternity forbids thee to forget. — Lord Byron

Never forget benefits done you, regardless how small. — Vietnamese Proverbs

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable — Martin Amis

A person cannot forget someone who is good to them. — Bruce Lee

You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us — Sappho

Forgetting a debt doesn’t mean it’s paid. — Irish Proverbs

It's hard to forget someone whos given so much to remember. - Tyga

It's hard to forget someone whos given so much to remember. — Tyga

Never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us over. — Fannie Lou Hamer

Forgetting about our mistakes and our wounds isn't enough to make them disappear. — Ai Yazawa

Never forgetting from where I came and no matter where I'm headed I promise to stay the same — Drake

Always remember to forget the things that made you sad, but never forget to remember the things that made you glad. — Victor Borge

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. - Joan Didion

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. — Joan Didion

Those who say they will forgive but can't forget, simply bury the hatchet but leave the handle out for immediate use. — Dwight L. Moody

Short Not Forgetting Quotes

  • Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. — Confucius
  • Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to life as long as God himself — Elie Wiesel
  • One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
  • The heart that truly loves never forgets. — Proverbs
  • Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave. — A. A. Milne
  • Elephants and grandchildren never forget. — Andy Rooney
  • The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. — Calvin Coolidge
  • Let us not suffer from a national amnesia that causes us to forget who and what we are. — Meir Kahane
  • Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget--lest we forget! — Rudyard Kipling
  • Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. — John F. Kennedy

Top 10 Not Forgetting Quotes

We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal. — Vladimir Putin

Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it. — Eileen Caddy

Do not waste one moment in regret, for to think feelingly of the mistakes of the past is to re-infect yourself. — Neville Goddard

Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves. — Pope John Paul II

To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. — C. S. Lewis

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you. — William Arthur Ward

Silently hear everyone. Accept what is good. Reject and forget what is not. This is intelligent living. — Chinmayananda Saraswati

I am from there. I am from here. I am not there and I am not here. I have two names, which meet and part, and I have two languages. I forget which of them I dream in. — Mahmoud Darwish

The wilderness does not make you forget your normal life so much as it removes the distractions for proper remembering. — Jim Harrison

It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power. — Richard Henry Lee

Not Forgetting Image Quotes

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. - J. K. Rowling quote

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. — J. K. Rowling

Not forgetting quote Fear has two meanings - Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours.
Fear has two meanings - Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours.

Forgiving Is Not Forgetting Quotes

It is not "forgive and forget" as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but "forgive and go forward," building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future. — Alan Paton

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future. — Lewis B. Smedes

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

Not forgetting quote You're a work of art. Not everyone will understand you, but the ones who do, will never forget about
You're a work of art. Not everyone will understand you, but the ones who do, will never forget about you.

Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat. — William P. Young

Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened. — Desmond Tutu

Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge. — Karl Lagerfeld

Not forgetting quote Forget the mistake. Remember the lesson.
Forget the mistake. Remember the lesson.

The sage said, "The best thing is not to hate anyone, only to love. That is the only way out of it. As soon as you have forgiven those whom you hate, you have gotten rid of them. Then you have no reason to hate them; you just forget. spiritual Dimensions of Psychology." — Hazrat Inayat Khan

Forgiving is not about forgetting, it's letting go of the hurt — Mary Mcleod Bethune

Forgiving is not forgetting. It is remembering and letting go. — Claudia Black

God invented forgiving as a remedy for a past that not even he could change and not even he could forget. His way of forgiving is the model for our forgiving. — Lewis B. Smedes

Forgiving But Not Forgetting Quotes

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. — Thomas Szasz

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the na?ve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. — Thomas Szasz

If I am content to heal a hurt slightly, saying "Peace, peace," where is no peace; if I forget the poignant word "Let love be without dissimulation" and blunt the edge of truth, speaking not right things but smooth things, then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael

Not forgetting quote The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting
The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

It is not enjoined upon us to forget, but we are told to forgive, our enemies. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

We must not forget; but we must forgive. Suffering often such compassion from the Jewish community. It was Jewish groups in the US who were in the forefront in opposing the ethnic cleansing of Muslim in Bosnia. — George Soros

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note -- torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. — Henry Ward Beecher

Not forgetting quote Never let the thing you want make you forget the things you have.
Never let the thing you want make you forget the things you have.

One may forgive infidelity, but one does not forget it. — Madame de La Fayette

Help us, oh God, to remember that we are Americans. United not by race or religion or by blood, but to our commitment to freedom and justice for all. When we focus on ourselves, when we fight each other, when we forget you, forgive us. — Rick Warren

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

It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive and I think that you should. — Odette Annable

Not Forgetting The Past Quotes

The explorers of the past were great men and we should honour them. But let us not forget that their spirit lives on. It is still not hard to find a man who will adventure for the sake of a dream or one who will search, for the pleasure of searching, not for what he may find. — Edmund Hillary

If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future. — Therese of Lisieux

We should not forget, no matter how we quantify it: 'Freedom is not free.' It is a painful lesson, but one from which we have learned in the past and one we should never forget. — Paul Gillmor

Not forgetting quote Do more things that make you forget to check your phone.
Do more things that make you forget to check your phone.

True reconciliation does not consist in merely forgetting the past. — Nelson Mandela

Yesterday does not equal tomorrow. Forget the past and move towards your goals. — Tony Robbins

People in cities may forget the soil for as long as a hundred years, but Mother Nature's memory is long and she will not let them forget indefinitely. — Henry A. Wallace

Not forgetting quote The axe forgets what the tree remembers.
The axe forgets what the tree remembers.

Forget about the past. It does not exist, except in your memory. Drop it. And stop worrying about how you're going to get through tomorrow. Life is going on right here, right now - pay attention to that and all will be well. — Neale Donald Walsch

STOP looking back!!!! When your past calls do NOT pick up!! it has nothing new to say. — Joseph Simmons

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future. — Carl Sandburg

If you care to be a master or to make a true success of your profession, the smallest detail of your work must be done with thoroughness. To be thorough in medicine means that in the ever alluring present, we do not forget the past. — David Murray Cowie

Not Forgetting Someone Quotes

The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets the fact. When they move their lips no ear perceives any sound. And they themselves soon sink into impotence in the use of language, because of the certainty of not being heard. — Simone Weil

Nobody wanted me. Scouts told me to go to school, to forget baseball. Coaches said, 'You're never going to make it.' I appreciated their honesty, because I think when someone tells you something you may not like, you have to use that as fuel for motivation. — Mike Piazza

When I miss you, sometimes I listen to music or look at pictures of you, not to remind me of you but to make me feel as if I'm with you. It makes me forget the distance and capture you. — LeBron James

Not forgetting quote Forget all the reasons why it won't work and believe the one reason it will.
Forget all the reasons why it won't work and believe the one reason it will.

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to. — Denis Diderot

Never forget who you are; a daughter of a Heavenly Father. You have royal heritage, and anyone who makes you feel like less that is not a man,husband,father, or friend,simply someone who is afraid of you because he knows who you are, but doesn't know who he is. — Glenn Beck

I've signed dicks, asses, parole cards, a colostomy bag while it was still pumping. A couple of years ago, I signed a bloody Tampax. That's one you don't forget. I'm not asking for someone to top that! — John Waters

Not forgetting quote I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

It's not about preferring someone, it's about whose ideas are more close to you and whose ideas are more welcomed in Russian public opinion. Let's not forget about public opinion in our country. It's very influential and it's very powerful. — Dmitry Peskov

Distance is where people get really confused. If you stand really far away from someone you're like, "That's not me. I'm so far away from that person. That person is so different from me." It's easy to forget that people - refugees from Syria, for example - are exactly like us. — Ottessa Moshfegh

There's a scripture in the Book of James which says, 'Become a doer of the word and not a hearer only.' A hearer is someone who looks into a mirror, walks away, and quickly forgets what sort of person he is. — Terrence Howard

I really try to forget. I only look at my old works if there's an interview and someone asks me about it. Otherwise, it's not even in the rearview mirror. — Chang-Rae Lee

Not Forgotten Quotes

Extreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business, frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise. They are the residue of centralized bureaucracy, of government by a self-anointed elite. — Ronald Reagan

I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know Him or have forgotten Him. — Frances Xavier Cabrini

God calls each and every star by name. It’s not likely He has forgotten yours. — Louie Giglio

Not forgetting quote The scariest thing about distance is that you don't know whether they'll miss you or forget you.
The scariest thing about distance is that you don't know whether they'll miss you or forget you.

The first Republican I knew was my father and he is still the Republican I most admire. He joined our party because the Democrats in Jim Crow Alabama of 1952 would not register him to vote. The Republicans did. My father has never forgotten that day, and neither have I. — Condoleezza Rice

A Time For Prayer "In times of war and not before, God and the soldier we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted." -Rudyard Kipling — Rudyard Kipling

Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you. - Moses

Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you. — Moses

Not forgetting quote Never forget how wildly capable you are.
Never forget how wildly capable you are.

I do not kill with my gun; He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart. — Stephen King

Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal. — Desmond Tutu

someday we will regard our children not as creatures to manipulate or to change but rather as messengers from a world we once deeply knew, but which we have long since forgotten, who can reveal to us more about the true secrets of life, and also our own lives, than our parents were ever able to. — Alice Miller

Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be, you are not forgotten. No matter how dark your days may seem, no matter how insignificant you may feel, no matter how overshadowed you think you may be, your Heavenly Father has not forgotten you. In fact, He loves you with an infinite love. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Lest We Forget Quotes

The tumalt and shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart. Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heat. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget. — Rudyard Kipling

Lest we forget: It is easy to be human, very hard to be humane — Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

The very first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom -- Lucifer. — Saul Alinsky

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. — Laurence Binyon

Heart, we will forget him! You and I, to-night! You may forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light. When you have done, pray tell me, That I my thoughts may dim; Haste! lest while you’re lagging, I may remember him! — Emily Dickinson

We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot. — Abraham Verghese

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. — Laurence Binyon

Nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could, for all those born beneath an angry star, lest we forget how fragile we are. — Sting

Still stands thine ancient sacrifice - An humble and a contrite heart. — Rudyard Kipling

All the great crimes of history, lest we forget, have their genesis in the moral wilderness of their times. — Eskinder Nega

Forgiving Not Forgetting Quotes

I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget. — Chaim Herzog

The things two people do to each other they remember. If they stay together, it's not because they forget; it's because they forgive. — Demi Moore

Encourage me, and I will not forget you. — William Arthur Ward

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. — Lewis B. Smedes

The man who forgets does not forgive, he only loses the remembrance; forgiveness is the offspring of a noble heart, of a generous mind, whilst forgetfulness is only the result of a weak memory, or of an easy carelessness. — Giacomo Casanova

Forgive me if, in friendship’s way, I offer thee a wreath of May.... [N]ourished by the dews of heaven.... So I have Ivy placed between, To prove that worth is ever green. The little blue Forget-me-not... Spring’s messenger in every spot, Smiling on all—"Remember me! — John Clare

First, forgive. Second, forget by choosing not to dwell on that which is forgiven and in the past. We have no right to keep in front of us what God has put behind Him. — David Jeremiah

One should hate very little, because it's extremely fatiguing. One should despise much, forgive often and never forget. Pardon does not bring with it forgetfulness; at least not for me. — Sarah Bernhardt

To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend. — Mahatma Gandhi

Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. — Mark Twain

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More Not Forgetting Quotes

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. — Woodrow Wilson

Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him. — John of the Cross

And people who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget that they too are expending their lives... and when the bubble has burst they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted. — Nate Saint

We try to remember that medicine is for the patient. We try never to forget that medicine is for the people. It is not for the profits. The profits follow, and if we have remembered that, they have never failed to appear. The better we have remembered it, the larger they have been. — George W. Merck

If you know someone who has lost a child, and you're afraid to mention them because you think you might make them sad by reminding them that they died-you're not reminding them. They didn't forget they died. What you're reminding them of is that you remembered that they lived, and that is a great gift. — Elizabeth Edwards

They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore. — John Gierach

To understand what I am saying, you have to believe that dance is something other than technique. We forget where the movements come from. They are born from life. When you create a new work, the point of departure must be contemporary life -- not existing forms of dance. — Pina Bausch

The Holocaust is a great warning to us all. We shall never forget our sisters and brothers. We have to ensure it is not repeated and to ensure we never go back to the days when humans behaved as beasts. Forgetfulness is a menace, we must remember. — Shimon Peres

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you? — Fanny Brice

Let's not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti. — Indira Gandhi

Forget the times of trouble, but not the truths they taught. Forget the days of sorrow, but not the strength they brought. Forget the storms you battled through beneath a heavy load - but not the light that led you safely down the unknown road. — Patience Strong

We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves. — Andy Goldsworthy

Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history but it’s not very deep. I understand that time has changed, we have evolved. But I don’t want to forget the beginning. A lasting architecture has to have roots. — I. M. Pei

Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him. — Gordon B. Hinckley

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. — John F. Kennedy

People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them. They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. — Frederick Buechner

Nothing is more wistful than the scent of lilac, nor more robust than its woody stalk, for we must remember that it is a tree as well as a flower, we must try not to forget this. — Stevie Smith

The greatest difficulty in the world is not for people to accept new ideas, but to make them forget old ideas. — Tom Peters

A football team is a like a beautiful woman, when you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful — Arsene Wenger

Long live Germany. Long live Austria. Long live Argentina. These are the countries with which I have been most closely associated and I shall not forget them. I had to obey the rules of war and my flag. I am ready. — Adolf Eichmann

We forget that God's primary goal is not changing our situations or relationships so that we can be happy, but changing us through our situations and relationships so that we will be holy. — Paul David Tripp

The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines. — Anne Lamott

I’ve dreamed a lot. I’m tired now from dreaming but not tired of dreaming. No one tires of dreaming, because to dream is to forget, and forgetting does not weigh on us, it is a dreamless sleep throughout which we remain awake. In dreams I have achieved everything. — Fernando Pessoa

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. — Charles Spurgeon

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion […] but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do. — Samuel P. Huntington

Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget. — Aldous Huxley

I do not see a delegation for the four-footed. I see no seat for the eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves superior, but we are after all a mere part of the Creation. And we must continue to understand where we are. And we stand between the mountain and the ant, somewhere and there only, as part of the Creation. — Oren Lyons

he was coming to understand he could not come to rectify anything in his life, only forget. — Mikhail Bulgakov

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