100 Forgiveness Quotes | Best Quotes About Forgiveness
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1 – True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.” ― Oprah Winfrey
2 – Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. ― Mark Twain
3 – Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. ― Nelson Mandela
4 – Let no man pull you low enough to hate him. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
5 – You either get bitter or you get better. It’s that simple. You either take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice does not belong to fate, it belongs to you. –Josh Shipp
6 – Sometimes you just have to regret things and move on. ― Charlaine Harris
7 – I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. – Gerald Jampolsky
8 – Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. ― Anne Lamott
9 – He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. Martin Luther King Jr.
10 – Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.― Oprah Winfrey
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11 – The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. –Mahatma Gandhi
12 – It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on. ― Steve Maraboli
13 – Holding a grudge doesn’t make you strong; it makes you bitter. Forgiving doesn’t make you weak; it sets you free. – Dave Willis
14 – Forgiving doesn’t mean forgetting, it means choosing to remember love instead. – Kyle Gray
15 – There is hope in forgiveness. ― John Piper,
16 – When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free. ― Katherine Ponder
17 – The act of forgiveness takes place in our own mind. It really has nothing to do with the other person. – Louise Hay
18 – Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another. ― Emma Goldman
19 –There is a nobility is compassion, a beauty in empathy, a grace in forgiveness. – John Connolly
20 – There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love. – Bryant H. Mcgill
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21 – When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you. ― Jon Krakauer
22 – I don’t think people understand that you can forgive a person and not allow them back into your life. That is possible, very possible. – Alex Elle
23 – Forgiving what we cannot forgive creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future. – Lewis Smedes
24 – The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world. ― Marianne Williamson
25 – Forgiveness is just another name for freedom. –Byron Katie
26 – Without forgiveness, there’s no future. – Desmond Tutu
27 – Always forgive, but never forget, else you will be a prisoner of your own hatred, and doomed to repeat your mistakes forever. ― Wil Zeus
28 – He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. – George Herbert
29 – Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive. – Paul Young
30 – Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. – Paul Boese
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31 – Forgiveness isn’t approving what happened. It’s choosing to rise above it. – Robin Sharma
32 – Reminder: Forgiveness is a process. A choice you make over and over, every day, until you’re free of hurt.
33 – When a deep injury is done to us, we never heal until we forgive. – Nelson Mandela
34 – To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it. – Confucius
35 – Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace. – Leo Tolstoy
36 – It’s not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done. ― Mitch Albom
37 – 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, every day, 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.
38 – When one forgives, two souls are set free.
39 – To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. – Joyce Cary
40 – Only the brave know how to forgive. … A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature. – Laurence Sterne
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41 – Most of us can forgive and forget; we just don’t want the other person to forget that we forgave. – Ivern Ball
42 – We are all on a life long journey and the core of its meaning, the terrible demand of its centrality is forgiving and being forgiven. ― Martha Kilpatrick
43 – The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. – Thomas Szasz
44 – To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. – C.S. Lewis
45 –To err is human; to forgive, divine. –Alexander Pope
46 – Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget. ― Robert Jordan
47 – The man who forgives is far stronger than the man who fights. – Nathan Craoll
48 – Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else; it’s something you do for yourself. To forgive is not to condone, it is to refuse to continue feeling bad about an injury. ― Jim Beaver
49 – 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.
50 – I have learned that sometimes “sorry” is not enough. Sometimes you actually have to change. – Claire London
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51 – Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free … and realizing you were the prisoner –Max Lucado
52 – True forgiveness is not an action after the fact; it is an attitude with which you enter each moment. – David Ridge
53 – 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
54 – 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
55 – Forgiveness is not a one off decision; it is a journey and a process that takes time, determination, and persistence. Forgiveness is not forgetting; it is simply denying your pain the right to control your life. – Corallie Buchanan
56 – 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
57 – If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive. – Mother Teresa
58 – 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
59 – Forgive. Because none of us are perfect.
60 – 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
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61 – When you forgive, you in no way change the past—but you sure do change the future. –Bernard Meltzer
62 – Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right. – J.K. Rowling
63 – I wish for you the wisdom to realize that forgiveness has nothing to do with an apology. – Steve Maraboli
64 – Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself. – Harriet Nelson
65 – Your wound is probably not your fault. But your healing is your responsibility
66 – 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
67 –Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten.
68 – Sometimes you forgive people simply because you still want them in your life.
69 – Sometimes what a person needs most is to be forgiven. ― Jennifer McMahon
70 – It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. – William Blake
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71 – Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die. ― Anne Lamott
72 – Good to forgive; best to forget. – Robert Browning
73 – A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. – Robert Quillen
74 – If you can’t forgive and forget, pick one. – Robert Brault
75 – The reality is people mess up; don’t let one mistake ruin a beautiful thing.
76 – Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much. – Oscar Wilde
77 – 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
78 – Things don’t happen for no reason; they happen to teach you something.
79 – Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. –John F. Kennedy
80 – Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. – Isaac Friedmann
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81 – Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you are. – Cherie Carter-Scott
82 – Forgive others as quickly as you expect God to forgive you.
83 – Life is an adventure in forgiveness. ― Norman Cousins
84 – Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. – Marlene Dietrich
85 – Let it hurt. Let it heal. Let it go. -Anonymous
86 – As long as you don’t forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy a rent-free space in your mind. – Isabelle Holland
87 – Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got. – Robert Brault
88 – What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you’d never forget? – Jodi Picoult
89 – Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. –Hannah Arendt
90 – Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. -C.S. Lewis
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91 – Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal. ― C.S. Lewis
92 – 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
93 – Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. – Bruce Lee
94 – Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough. ― Ted Chiang
95 – To heal a wound you need to stop touching it,
96 – As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.” – Joan Baez
97 – Blame keeps wounds open. Only forgiveness heals. –Thomas S. Manson
98 – Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does change the future. –Anonymous
99 – 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. ― Louis B. Smedes
100 – Until we have seen someone’s darkness, we don’t really know who they are. Until we have forgiven someone’s darkness , we don’t really know what love is. -Marianne Williamson
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