Forgiveness Quotes

6. “Forgiving is not forgetting. It’s letting go of the hurt.” – Kathy

7. “I don’t forgive people cause I’m weak I forgive them cause I’m strong enough to understand people make mistakes.” – Unknown

8. “Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.” – Pamela Daranjo

9. “Forgiveness is the fragrance that flowers give when they are crushed.” – Unknown

10. “Sometimes you only forgive someone because you can’t stand not having them in your life.” – Unknown

11. “Forgive, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.” – Unknown

12. “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

13. “Forgiving is rediscovering the shining path of peace that at first you thought others took away when they you.” – Dodinsky

14. “Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.” – Marlene Dietrich

15. “Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.” – William Arthur Ward

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16. “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” – Paul Boese

17. “If you can’t forgive and forget, pick one.” – Robert Brault

18. “It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” –

19. “Forgiveness is the sweetest .” – Isaac Friedmann

20. “Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.” – Harriet Nelson

21. “To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” – C.S. Lewis

22. “Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.” – J.K. Rowling

23. “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot .” – Steve Maraboli

24. “I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.” – , Pride and Prejudice

25. “To err is human, to forgive, divine.” – Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism

26. “Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.” –

27. “True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.” – Oprah Winfrey

28. “Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.” – Jr.

29. “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” –

Forgiveness Quotes

30. “People have to forgive. We don’t have to like them, we don’t have to be friends with them, we don’t have to send them hearts in text messages, but we have to forgive them, to overlook, to forget. Because if we don’t we are tying rocks to our feet, too much for our wings to carry!” – C. JoyBell C.

31. “I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him” – C.S. Lewis

32. “Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.” – John F. Kennedy

33. “Forgiveness has nothing to do with absolving a criminal of his crime. It has everything to do with relieving oneself of the burden of being a victim–letting go of the and transforming oneself from victim to survivor.” – C.R. Strahan

34. “It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.” – Steve Maraboli

35. “Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.” – Criss Jami

36. “Can I be forgiven for all I’ve done to get here? I want to be. I can. I believe it.” – Veronica Roth

37. “To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.” –

38. “When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you.” – Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

39. “The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either – or both – when needed?” – Gordon B. Hinckley

40. “Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.” – Henri J.M. Nouwen

41. “Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.” – Marvin J. Ashton

42. “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.” – , Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

43. “Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record.” – Rick Warren

44. “The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.” – Marianne Williamson

45. “I have learned, that the person I have to ask for forgiveness from the most is: myself. You must love yourself. You have to forgive yourself, everyday, whenever you remember a shortcoming, a flaw, you have to tell yourself “That’s just fine”. You have to forgive yourself so much, until you don’t even see those things anymore. Because that’s what love is like.” – C. JoyBell C.

46. “Always forgive, but never forget, else you will be a prisoner of your own hatred, and doomed to repeat your mistakes forever.” – Wil Zeus

47. “Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.” – C.S. Lewis

48. “Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember.” – Barbara Kingsolver

49. “Forgiveness in no way requires that you the one you forgive.” – Wm. Paul Young

50. “I want to be the kind of person who can do that. Move on and forgive people and be healthy and happy. It seems like an easy thing to do in my head. But it’s not so easy when you try it in real life.” – Susane Colasanti

51. “What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you’d never forget?” – Jodi Picoult

52. “We don’t forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need it—because we need it.” – Bree Despain

53. “Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person’s throat.” – Wm. Paul Young

54. “Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day’s chalking.” – Frederick Buechner

55. “Forgiveness isn’t my best thing. Easier staying pissed. But I’m tired of being pissed all the time. Tired of feeling hurt by stuff that can never be fixed because it is an indelible part of the past.” – Ellen Hopkins

56. “A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.” – William Arthur Ward

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57. “Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.” – Corrie ten Boom

58. “Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You’re done. It doesn’t necessarily mean that you want to have lunch with the person. If you keep hitting back, you stay trapped in the nightmare.” – Anne Lamott

59. “Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.” – Emma Goldman

60. “Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women.” – Margaret Atwood

61. “Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you are.” – Cherie Carter-Scott

62. “Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

63. “Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.” – Anne Lamott

64. “To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.” – Joyce Cary

65. “Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” –

66. “Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, , and forgiveness.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

67. “Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.” – Marianne Williamson

68. “It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.” –

69. “Forgiveness is the final form of love.” – Reinhold Niebuhr

70. “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” – Lewis B. Smedes

71. “As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.” – Joan Baez

72. “And you know, when you’ve experienced grace and you feel like you’ve been forgiven, you’re a lot more forgiving of other people. You’re a lot more gracious to others.” – Rick Warren

73. “I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships – things like forgiveness and compassion.” – Andrea Thompson

74. “God will forgive me. It’s his job.” – Heinrich Heine

75. “It’s said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies – because you never know when you’ll have to work with them.” – Lana Turner

76. “To understand is to forgive, even oneself.” – Alexander Chase

77. “I invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, over personal ambition.” – Jean-Francois Cope

78. “God’s forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.” – Jonathan Sacks

79. “It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.” – Jessamyn West

80. “Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.” –

81. “”Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.” –

82. “One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before you go to bed.” – Bernard Baruch

83. “Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.” – William Arthur Ward

84. “The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.” – Elbert Hubbard

85. “It’s not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.” – Tyler Perry

86. “What is forgiven is usually well remembered.” – Louis Dudek

Forgiveness Quotes

87. “Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.” – Mahavira

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