Quotes on Forgiveness

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

“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.”

“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”

“There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that.”

“What I cannot love, I overlook.”

“If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.”

“No matter how much you love someone—the capacity of that love is meaningless if it outweighs your capacity to forgive.”

“I know you loved both he and I, the way a mother can love two sons. And no one should be judged for loving more than they ought, only for loving not enough.”

“But we can't go back. We can only go forward.”

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

“Love is forgiving, accepting, moving on, embracing, and all encompassing. And if you’re not doing that for yourself, you cannot do that with anyone else.”

“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.”

“Forgiveness is created by the restitution of the abuser; of the wrongdoer. It is not something to be squeeeeeezed out of the victim in a further act of conscience-corrupting abuse.”

“Love as a concrete foundation for an authentically functional civilization requires the around-the-clock labors of forgiveness. Without it, Love fails, Friendship fails, Intelligence fails, Humanity: fails.”

“Accept the universeAs the gods gave it to you.If the gods wanted to give you something elseThey’d have done it.If there are other matters and other worldsThere are.”

“(on forgiveness) Didn't he and I stand together before an all seeing God convicted of the same murder? For I had murdered him with my heart and my tongue.”

“What you cant forget... God cant remember!”

“To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat.”

“When God takes out the trash, don't go digging back through it. Trust Him.”

“Truth is beauty”

“Life is too short to be anything but happy. So kiss slowly. Love deeply. Forgive quickly. Take chances and never have regrets. Forget the past but remember what it taught you.”

“A true friend doesn't have guts; they beat you up and later plead with you to beat them back.”

“Every time we choose our past over our present we kill our future.”

“Together, we form a necessary paradox; not a senseless contradiction.”

“Each person you meetis an aspect of yourself,clamoring for love.”

“I thought that I needed your apology tomove on.I really needed to forgive myselffirst.”

Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.

Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

True love is unconditional, sacrificial, and has the capacity to endure and forgive.

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door to peace and healing.

A happy marriage is a union of two good forgivers.

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does expand the future.

Forgiveness isn’t about forgetting; it’s about releasing yourself from the chains of the past.

Forgiveness is a process, not a destination.

When you are at war with yourself, who is there to forgive?

Forgiveness is not about forgetting, it’s about letting go of the hurt.

Forgiving doesn’t mean forgetting. It just means letting go of the resentment.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves.

Sometimes the strongest people are the ones who love beyond all faults.

Forgiveness is the key to freeing yourself from the past.

You can’t forget the past, but you can make peace with it.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

Each morning we are born again. The past no longer matters.

Sometimes, people don't want to be healed. They want to be right about how much they've been wronged.

Sometimes, people don't want to be healed. They want to be right about how much they've been wronged.