Forgiveness Quotes

Maybe looking away is about privilege. I need to think harder and longer about my choices and recognize that choosing whom I see and whom I don't see is one of the most hurtful functions of privilege.

~ Brené Brown

We know of the pain, the difficulty, the loneliness, the feeling of being abandoned. So we are more likely to reach out to those similarly struggling.

~ Auliq Ice

Victoria was, at the time, far more empathetic and forgiving, chiding Albert for his narrow view of humanity. 'I always think that one ought always to be indulgent towards other people, as I always think, if we had not been well brought up and well taken care of, we might also have gone astray.

~ Leslie Carroll

We need to remember and remind ourselves where we come from, what we are, our nothingness.

~ Pope Francis

Embrace all people with love, mercy and faith.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Murderers don't get forgiven just because we promise to be good from now on. We have to earn our way back. One hundred is the price. One hundred lives for each we took. That seems fair. That's how we get whole again and that's our work, from now until as long as it takes.

~ Bill Willingham

See how forgiving - how brave nature is.

~ Yusef Komunyakaa

Nature finds its peace in silence, forgiveness, and universal love.

~ Debasish Mridha

Disobey God and you are forgiven. Disobey Nature and you get disease.

~ Nancy S. Mure

Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.

~ Criss Jami

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

~ Marianne Williamson

Discover your deep inner-self and from that place spread love in every direction.

~ Amit Ray

If you or I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world.

~ Deepak Chopra

You can’t invite love with hate.

~ Auliq Ice

Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.

~ Kamand Kojouri

Fill your heart with love. Forgive and let go. Not necessarily because those who mistreated you deserve it, but because you do. Let forgiveness liberate you from your past. Allow it to take away all the resentment you’ve kept in your heart for all this time and allow it to fill in that empty space with love. Forgive, release and let go.

~ Luminita D. Saviuc

Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself, to be at peace, to be happy and to be able to sleep at night. You don’t forgive because you are weak but because you are strong enough to realize that only by giving up on resentment will you be happy.

~ Luminita D. Saviuc

How would I explain to him that I couldn’t make peace with him? How would I explain that if I did I would immediately lose my inner balance? How would I explain that one of the arms of my internal scales would suddenly shoot upward? How would I explain that my hatred of him counterbalanced the weight of evil that had fallen on my youth? How would I explain that he embodied all the evils in my life? How would I explain to him that I needed to hate him?

~ Milan Kundera

Whenever you find your mind wandering to the past or future, pull yourself back into the present. Making peace, working through forgiveness of yourself and others over whatever happened in the past will help you to not revisit the past. Acceptance is an important tool when dealing with all that happened before the present moment. Remember, you cannot go back and change anything that has happened. Nothing at all. It was, what is was. You are here now, in the present, and as such, have the power to affect only the present.

~ Akiroq Brost

Only one thing is necessary: we should all have a pure heart, with no anger, hatred, irritation, or hostility in it. If you feel hostility toward another person, think about their inner state. Do not think about yourself, or that you want to prove yourself right. In your quiet, inner thoughts, try to find the good in others. Do not say anything bad about others, even in your own thoughts. When you interact with a person, try to find as much common ground as possible, the more the better, and try to nurture this feeling. To cease being angry with a person and instead to seek peace, forgiveness and love toward him, remind yourself of any sins you may have in common and compare them.

~ Leo Tolstoy

There's a song that I hear at the back of my heart that I feared for so long, when I sensed you were there. And I think of those times when you crept into my dreams and I thought you a threat to curse my sweet king. But it was the boy in your belly that whispered to mine, and even before that, you lived in my spirit. Because I think of those times when I was a child. I prayed to the gods and I begged for a sign. I know that they sent you, despite the blood of all those you loved shed at the hands of my kin. For you were the one who found him in exile and though it took time, you led Froi to his home. And you've sent me this trinket that hardened my heart, because I wanted your words and a sign of true peace. But I’ve opened it now after all these long weeks, and Froi stares at it, speechless, when I hold out my hand. And we see it before us, our spirits shaking. The brilliance of color: the same ruby ring.Oh, you’ve outdone me twice now, you queen of forgiveness. The ring’s a promise of peace, and I’m greedy with hope. It’s a song that we sing in a tongue that we share. And though you say it’s a gift from a king to a king, I say it’s a sign from a queen to a queen.

~ Melina Marchetta

Forgiveness simply means to give love instead of hate.

~ Auliq Ice

Peace is everyone’s birthright.

~ Janice Anderson

To find true peace, forgive those who fill your mind with hatred and instead show them the path of love.

~ Debasish Mridha

War will not be able to bring peace—only love and forgiveness can do that.

~ Debasish Mridha

Real peace is not just a matter of structures and mechanisms. It rests above all on the adoption of a style of human coexistence marked by mutual acceptance and a capacity to forgive from the heart. We all need to be forgiven by others, so we must all be ready to forgive. Asking and granting forgiveness is something profoundly worthy of every one of us

~ John Paul Ii

Love, kindness, compassion, and forgiveness are the secrets of all peace and happiness.

~ Debasish Mridha

Love is my religion, kindness is my prayer, forgiveness is my temple, and peace is my abode.

~ Debasish Mridha

Forgiveness is the most compassionate way toward the peace.

~ Debasish Mridha

We will not be able to find peace if our minds are burning with the fires of resentment. Let us forgive and forget to create peace.

~ Debasish Mridha

Be a vessel of forgiveness and kindness in order to be a fountain of peace.

~ Debasish Mridha

No matter how kind you are, always expect a few imbeciles.

~ Criss Jami

Real peace goes beyond explanation.

~ Asa Don Brown

Happiness is not giddiness or some overly inflated sense of being.

~ Asa Don Brown

May every soul find the privilege of repentance and grace of forgiveness.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Forgive and be compassionate with another in love, in peace and in faith.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The change from self-centeredness to human-centeredness is the key to peaceful existence.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I trade all my pains for peace of God.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The greatest strength are rooted in love, joy, peace, patient, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The greatest conduct is love in action.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita