Forgiveness Quotes Quotes

“Discover your deep inner-self and from that place spread love in every direction.”
― Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations

“To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of this weary pilgrimage." ~Samuel Johnson”
― Edward M. Hallowell, Dare to Forgive: The Power of Letting Go and Moving On

“Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“Forgiveness happens in the beat of a heart, forgetting takes a lifetime.”
― Jewel E. Ann, Releasing Me

“Freedom is good... [i]t's better than slavery. And forgiveness is good, better than revenge. And hope for the unknown is good, better than hatred of the familiar.”
― Miriam Toews, Women Talking

“Like revenge, the fantasy of forgiveness often becomes a cruel torture, because it remains out of reach for most ordinary human beings. Folk wisdom recognizes that to forgive is divine. And even divine forgiveness, in most religious systems, is not unconditional. True forgiveness cannot be granted until the perpetrator has sought and earned it through confession, repentance, and restitution.”
― Judith Lewis Herman

“Renunciation is not rejecting the family but accepting the whole world as family. Renunciation is not changing the name or dress. It is changing the attitude towards life. Renunciation is not removing the hairs form the head. It is eliminating the negative thoughts from the mind. Renunciation is not running away from responsibility, doership or fruits of action but it is focusing on the fruits and actions that will bring happiness to the whole world. Renunciation is the ultimate compassion and ultimate forgiveness.”
― Amit Ray, Walking the Path of Compassion

“Forgiving yourself means that you give up on your hope that the past will be different.”
― Edward M. Hallowell, Dare to Forgive: The Power of Letting Go and Moving On

“Never be bitter, become better. A testimony is pain that has been reassigned”
― Johnnie Dent Jr.

“No human being should be maltreated under any circumstances. We are all wonderful creation of God. May we affectionately love one another.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“If everyone decided to forgive at least one person who hurt them by the end of the year, the world would be filled with people exchanging hugs and kisses, instead of words and bullets.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Letting go doesn’t just mean letting go of the past, but letting go of an unknown future; and embracing NOW.”
― Michelle Cruz-Rosado

“Instead of hating someone, pray for that person. Don't forget to pray for yourself as well, that you may learn how to let go and forgive.”
― Germany Kent

“Bad choices make for interesting stories”
― Matthew Bracey, Steel Dogs

“Abandonment is ugly.”
― Michelle Moore, Abandonment to Forgiveness

“You can turn every ugly and damaging drama into a genuine blessing by seeing it differently. No one is suffering on purpose. We learn to give up the pleasure we feel in self-righteously blaming others. Healing happens when we see things differently. The question is: do you want suffering or peace? It's that simple.”
― Donna Goddard, Waldmeer

“Can you forgive her? Can you do that?
There was no response.
Because if you can start to forgive, then it will become easier.
And?
And then you will be able to forgive yourself—and ask others to forgive you.”
― Alexander McCall Smith, At the Reunion Buffet

“Every grievance you hold hides a little more of the light of the world from your eyes until the darkness becomes overwhelming. Everything you forgive restores that light. So ask yourself, who is it that you are really hurting?”
― Donna Goddard, Waldmeer

“Even if God forgives you, you do not forgive yourself. You live in your sorrow like a room of mirrors that reflects on and on to eternity.”
― Rebecca Johns, The Countess

“Grandma told me once that she’d forgiven him the eternal seventy times seven, but I don’t think forgiveness looks good on either of ‘um. It pains me to look at her.”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“Don’t nurture revenge in your heart. It won’t get you anywhere. Let the flowers of forgiveness flourish there instead and take you everywhere.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“How far we go in life doesn’t depend only on our degree, hard work, and courage. It depends more on how humble, kind, and forgiving we are.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“You keep forgiving them, that's why they keep hurting you.”
― Garima Soni - words world

“If you can't forgive, then don't forgive. It's ok to listen to your heart.”
― Garima Soni - words world

“You don’t forgive because someone else deserves it; you forgive because you deserve it. You deserve to be free from bitterness”
― Loren Cribbs, Wings to Rise above Divorce: Finding Forgiveness, Redemption, and Renewal during Turbulent Separations

“True forgiveness is liberating, because it frees us from the energetic attachments of the past.”
― Sandra Francis, The Soul Cave: It's Never Too Late to Find Your Power

“Forgive. It’s key! Sometimes, the past is frightening,
and others genuinely hurt, assaulted, or abused you,
but for you to move on with your life, you need to forgive. Forgive those who wronged you, even if they’re no
longer part of your life, they have Alzheimers, or they
died. Ultimately, you’re freeing yourself when you forgive. Words have power.”
― Annie Eklöv, Help! My Room Exploded: How to Simplify Your Home to Reduce ADHD Symptoms

“The death of Christ on the cross offered much significance to believers. First and foremost it portrayed how a just person was made to suffer unfairly for the sins of the unjust in order that He might bring them to God.
The believer’s new state is symbolic of being put to death in the flesh and made alive by the Spirit. Christ’s work entailed that He bore the sins of the human race in its entirety through His crucifixion. Such a benevolent act surely should require a response from the beneficiaries: the human race.
The crux of the work of Christ on the cross was its enabling factor. His death enabled sinful humanity to obtain direct access to the throne of grace.”
― Akwasi O. Ofori, I WILL LIFT UP MY CUP: Understanding the Heart of True Worship

“If you want to be free from the bitterness of hate, you have to learn forgiveness.”
― Allene vanOirschot

“Forgiveness is the greater act of kindness.”
― Amy True, Meet Me in Ivy Falls