Forgiveness

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. - Cherie Carter-Scott

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; Revenging one makes you but even with him; Forgiving it sets you above him. - Benjamin Franklin

First, we forgive ourselves, then we forgive others and life itself. - Elizabeth Lesser

Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship. Forgiveness is a catalyst creating the atmosphere necessary for a fresh start and a new beginning. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Forgiveness is a gift we give ourselves that allows us to get on with our lives instead of being trapped in the past by resentment. - Rick Warren

Forgiveness is a reflection of loving yourself enough to move one. - Steve Maraboli

Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love. Like all of life's important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives. - Fred Rogers

Forgiveness is healing ... especially forgiving yourself. - Alyson Noel

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

Forgiveness is not something we do for other people. We do it for ourselves to get well and move on! - Unknown

Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi

Forgiveness is the greatest gift you can give yourself. - Maya Angelou

Forgiveness is the only way to reverse the irreversible flow of history. - Hannah Arendt

Forgiveness means letting go of the past. - Gerald Jampolsky

Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue, which he alone that can practice in himself, can willingly believe in another. - Charles Caleb Colton

Forgiving is not forgetting. It’s letting go of the hurt. - Kathy

Forgotten is forgiven. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

He who forgives readily only invites offense. - Pierre Corneille

I don’t forgive people cause I’m weak. I forgive them cause I’m strong enough to understand people make mistakes. - Heidi

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It’s a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It’s not something that happens overnight. It’s an evolution of the heart. - Sue Monk Kidd