Forgiveness - Quotes

If you can’t forgive and forget, pick one. - Robert Brault

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. - William Blake

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

Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace. - Leo Tolstoy

Most of us can forgive and forget; we just don’t want the other person to forget that we forgave. - Ivern Ball

Never forgive an injury or an insult so long as the offending parties have it in their power to make reparation; since, if they are able to do so, and will not, whatever they may pretend to others, they, up to that time, are only laughing at you, and triumphing in secret. If, however, they have not the power to neutralize an impertinence by explanation, or a fraud by restitution, forgive and forget either – as soon as you can. - Charles William Day

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what’s bitter and move on. - Bill Cosby

People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than for being right. - Joanne Kathleen Rowling

Sincere forgiveness isn’t coloured with expectations that the other person apologizes 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. - Sara Paddison

The freedom to be at peace in our own skins – that’s what forgiveness allows. We relinquish this freedom when we hold onto anger and resentment. Enormous amounts of energy are wasted when we hold back our love, hold onto hate, and harbour acrimonious feelings. The only remedy is letting go, and being willing to forgive. - Naomi Drew

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 move forward. - Steve Maraboli

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi

To forgive and not to forget is like burying the hatchet with the handle sticking out. - Unknown

To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness. - Robert Muller

True forgiveness is not an action after the fact, it is an attitude with which you enter each moment. - David Ridge

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies. - Voltaire

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

We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends. - Sir. Francis Bacon

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

You forgive yourself by realizing that nobody can act beyond their level of consciousness. - Eckhart Tolle 

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

Forgiveness

No matter how much pain someone has caused  you, forgiving them is an essential part to letting go. Forgiveness doesn’t not mean you accept or condone their actions or that you agree with that persons behaviour, but rather that you are no longer allowing that person’s actions to emotionally cause you pain and suffering. Forgiveness can be done while still separating yourself from that person physically as well. There is no stronger action you can provide yourself. To forgive someone for hurting you allow you to finally let go of the pain and the hurt they caused you. You cannot overcome pain and anger with more pain and anger, but only by compassion and goodness. Forgiveness will essentially free you. - T. Young

Forgive / Forgiveness - Quotes

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. - Samuel Johnson

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another. - Emma Goldman

Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself. To forgive is to set the prisoner free, and then discover the prisoner was you. - Lewis B. Smedes

Forgive everyone everything. - Unknown

Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace. - Unknown

Forgive those who have hurt you, betrayed you, or broke your heart, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious when you open your heart. - Unknown

Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it. - Unknown 

Forgive yourself for the blindness that put you in the path of those who betrayed you. Sometimes a good heart doesn’t see the bad. - Unknown

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. - Les Brown

Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and it might be wise to let them go along with your anger. Wish them well, and let them go their way. - Unknown

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. - William A. Ward

Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing. - Betty Smith

Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong - Unknown

Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Forgiveness is the fragrance a rose gives to the heel of the boot that crushes it. - Unknown

Forgiveness is the healing of wounds caused by another. You choose to let go of a past wrong and no longer be hurt by it. - Unknown

Forgiveness is the key to freedom. - Hannah Arendt

Forgiveness - it's one of the most precious gifts we can choose to give to ourselves and to others. without it, we are like a barren tree, unable to bear the sweet bounty it was destined to. - Unknown

Forgivers are not doormats; to forgive a person is not a signal that we are willing to put up with what he or she does. - Unknown

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. - Lewis B. Smedes 

Forgiving happens in three stages: we rediscover the humanity of the person who wronged us; we surrender our right to get even; and we wish that person well. - Unknown

Forgiving is a journey; the deeper the wound, the longer the journey. - Unknown

Forgiving does not require us to reunite with the person who broke our trust. - Unknown

Forgiving is not a way to avoid pain but to heal the pain. - Unknown

Forgiving is the only way to be fair to ourselves. - Unknown

Forgiving someone may cost you your pride, but not forgiving them will cost you your freedom. - Unknown

Forgiving those who hurt us is the key to personal peace. - G. Weatherly

Hatred in our hearts causes our enemies to triumph over us. Forgiveness causes us to triumph over them. - Unknown

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself. - Thomas Fuller

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

I forgive myself, and then I move on. You can sit there forever, lamenting about how bad you’ve been, feeling guilty until you die, and not one tiny slice of that guilt will do anything to change a single thing in the past. - Wayne Dyer

I forgive, but I also learn a lesson. I won’t hate you, but I’ll never get close enough for you to hurt me again. I can’t let my forgiveness become my foolishness. - Unknown

If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him. - Thomas Fuller

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. - William Blake 

It is not always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes we have to learn to forgive ourselves. How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself. - Publilius Syrus

It really doesn’t matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on. - Unknown

It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. - Maya Angelou

Know that people are doing the best they can from their level of awareness. accept people for  who they are and always be ready to forgive. - Deepak Chopra

One forgives to the degree that one loves. - Duc de La Rochefoucauld

Resentment is one burden that is incompatible with your success. Always be the first to forgive; and forgive yourself first always. - Dan Zadra

Sometimes, the first step towards forgiveness is realizing the other person was born an idiot. - Unknown

The act of forgiveness takes place in our own mind. It really has nothing to do with the other person. - Louise Hay

The first person to benefit from forgiving is the one who forgives. - Unknown

The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good. - Catherine Ponder

The most creative power given to the human spirit is the power to heal the wounds of a past it cannot change. - Unknown

Vengeance is having a videotape planted in your soul that cannot be turned off. It plays the painful scene over and over again inside your mind. And each time it plays you feel the clap of pain again. Forgiving turns off the videotape of pained memory. Forgiving sets you free. - Lewis B. Smedes

Waiting for someone to repent before we forgive is to surrender our future to the person who wronged us. - Unknown

We do not forgive because we are supposed to; we forgive when we are ready to be healed. - Unknown

We do our forgiving alone inside our hearts and minds; what happens to the people we forgive depends on them. - Unknown

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies. - Martin Luther King Jr.

We must recognise that there is great sweetness in forgiveness for it is the balm for the scars of life. - Unknown

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive. - Alan Paton

When someone has wronged you, repay them with forgiveness and it will be remembered forever. - Unknown

When you forgive, you in no way change the past – but you sure do change the future. - Bernard Meltzer

Without forgiveness life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. - Roberto Assagioli

You are never so strong as when you forgive. - Kimberly Converse

You don’t need to wait to hear the apology to forgive. It may never come. Let forgiveness be a gift that is not dependent on someone else’s behaviour, but on your own generous heart. - Unknown

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well. - Lewis B. Smedes

Forgiveness

              Forgiveness is something that many people struggle with after someone has wrong them. We are programmed by television shows, movies, and those in our lives to get even or at least to hold grudges when someone has wronged us.

              This is wrong thinking and only does us more harm. I can pretty much guarantee you that the person who wronged you doesn't go around thinking about it daily, if at all. He is done with it. He did what he did and moved on.

              When you continue to remember and playback how he hurt you, you only allow his actions to continually hurt you time and time again. Thinking of how you will get even doesn’t hurt him, it only robs you of your peace of mind. Forgiveness ends this cycle of pain and renders his actions powerless. Do yourself a favour – forgive and continue on your path. - Bohdi Sanders

Forgive And Forget

Sometimes, when we sit back and retrospect, we will realize that there are many occasions when a little forgiveness on our part will have made a lot of difference.

Forgiveness for others as well as for ourselves; We must exonerate ourselves for the unique decisions we’ve made, for the foolish things we’ve said, for the times we’ve let ourselves down, and for the times we’ve let our friends down.

Having past the stage where the fury and anger had long subsided and where our sanity is not being tempered by the irrational and unreasonable haste and actions, we must stop torturing ourselves for our lack of wisdom when we needed it; for our cautiousness when we should have been bold and for our boldness when we should have been cautious.

We must forgive the times when we’ve lost our temper over trifles, failed to stand up for our rights when we should have, stepped on other people’s toes with our insensitive remarks, given in to the inconsiderate egotism that is so much a part of human nature. We must erase our shame over the petty failures or prejudices in our life. We must recognize that there is great sweetness in forgiveness, for it is the balm for the scars of life. Without it there is no quiet room in our mind to escape to for peace; there is only a room jangling with tension.

We must also realize that no one can live creatively if he cannot forgive his own blunders and imperfections. We must understand that as human beings, we are not without faults nor are we perfect; we must see our successes and cherish them as we must see our faults too and forgive them.

It is only by this pragmatic and sober attitude in forgiving ourselves that we can forgive others. No matter who we are, we have been hurt at one time or another. But we must stop holding grudges. It is evident that too many people waste their time obsessed with hatred for those who have hurt them.

We must learn to forgive a parent, a friend or a loved one, for the errors in the past. We must forgive the hurt they have caused us. Forgiveness is part of a process that begins with a hurt and ends, as its final and long-range goal, with the event of reconciliation. It works only when we become aware of the depths and causes of the anger burning in us so that we can forgive whole-heartedly and ensure an enduring peace.

There is usually a pause between the hurt and the time when trust and love can take root again. The ability to forgive can’t be rushed. We owe it to each other to offer time to confront our hurts, to face our wounds head-on, to vent our emotions. Only then can real healing begin.

In the end, all forgivers do the same thing; they restore self-worth to the offender; they cancel a debt; they experience such peace that they lose the urge to retaliate, and live as freer persons, unshackled by the weight of the hurt.

Ultimately, we must forget all these trivialities by living in the present – in TODAY

“To err is human. To forgive divine.”

- Author Unknown