32 Inspiring Quotes about
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
(Lewis B. Smedes)
to stop feeling anger towards another for an injury or offense
Forgiveness is the best form of love in any relationship. It takes a strong person to say they’re sorry and an even stronger person to forgive.
(Yolanda Hadid)
When you forgive, you in no way change the past – but you sure do change the future.
(Bernard Meltzer)
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
(Norman Cousins)
What I cannot love, I overlook.
(Anais Nin)
A broken friendship that is mended through forgiveness can be even stronger than it once was.
(Stephen Richards)
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
(John F. Kennedy)
I forgive myself and set myself free.
(Louise Hay)
Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
(Malachy McCourt)
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
(Mahatma Gandhi)
Forgive yourself for your faults and mistakes and move on.
(Les Brown)
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
(Alexander Pope)
I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.
(Gerald Jampolsky)
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
(Josh Billings)
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
(Norman Cousins)
Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.
(Nelson Mandela)
It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.
(Maya Angelou)
…the wise forgive but do not forget.
(Thomas Szasz)
A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.
(Sydney J. Harris)
Forgiveness isn’t just a blessing you deliver to another human being. Forgiveness is also a gift you give yourself.
(Robin S. Sharma)
What is forgiven is usually well-remembered.
(Louis Dudek)
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
(Edwin Hubbel Chapin)
Blame keeps wounds open. Only forgiveness heals. (Thomas S. Manson) Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.
(Jonathan Huie)
Sometimes the first step to forgiveness is understanding the other person is a complete idiot.
(Anonymous)
When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
(Anonymous)
To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.
(Confucius)
Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.
(William Paul Young)
An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.
(Kahlil Gibran)
Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.
(Emma Goldman)
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)
Forgiveness is not forgetting; it is simply denying your pain the right to control your life.
(Corallie Buchanan)
