Forgiveness Quotes

...lose your mind so that you can gain a new way of knowing.

~ Holly Lynn Payne

When you forgive yourself, you free yourself from memories which aren’t serving you anymore.

~ Hina Hashmi

The moment after being let go, when we can finally let it go, is the moment when love once again has hope.

~ Brian Maclearn

But I was learning forgiveness didn’t have to be about granting absolution for sins but being able to find freedom from pain.

~ Heather Topham Wood

We want Allah to forgive us, yet we are not willing to forgive others.Desire the same that you wish for your enemy,Pray for those who harmed you with the same passion that you pray for yourself.Be willing to open heaven’s door for your enemy.The greatest compassion lies in forgiveness.

~ Zarina Bibi

....life is the work of the spirit trying to have a human experience.

~ Holly Lynn Payne

We had a dream that we would always be best friends. When we were born, for some it was the end. Now it seems there may not be tomorrow. But despite the horror and the sorrow, I love our world. I want us all to live. Now Rosa, you've asked me to forgive. One day, if mom survives this bitter night, then we shall meet again, and I will say, I loved you Rosa. Don't you see? But we are different, you dream of everlasting love. Not me. Because what really matters is to live. And if we do, there will be nothing to forgive. But I'll forgive you anyway.

~ Ginger And Rosa

Forgiveness is knowing and remembering what happened, but choosing to move beyond it.

~ Ashley Ormon

Their lips were too thin to ask forgiveness, and their minds too mean to understand love.

~ Jane Yolen

Forgiveness is capital 'L' Love in action. Until you have to forgive someone, you haven't loved. You just think you have. Until somebody forgives you, you don't know humility. [p342, 1st paperback edition]

~ Rea Nolan Martin

But besides that I was of an unforgiving disposition from my birth, slow to take offense, slower to forget it, and now incensed both against my companion and myself.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

This is the difference time createsWe bleed our misbehaviorAnd in silent prayer, repentIt is only necessary that we fall away againInto love

~ Michele L. Rivera

True baptism allows us to reframe, and contain, the reality of evil, without needing to blame anyone else, without any need for shame or vengeance. We are all in this together, and our common wound shows itself in different ways.

~ Richard Rohr

...purification was the point of such pain.

~ Holly Lynn Payne

God is love—He is gracious and forgives.

~ Jim George

I am betrayed and played but right now im feeling nothing pain but to forgive, it's because I love God too much that I can't hate.

~ Aka

A sinner’s humanity will cause him to fall from grace again and again, but his human pride, ego, or feeling of unworthiness should not prevent him from seeking God’s forgiveness again and again.

~ Joyce L. Villeneuve

Whether we, admit it or not ,but forgiveness is one of the special attributes and qualities of our creator. we cannot forgive and forget anything, incident or matter ,even if we try hard , still some stale memories keep on hurting like pieces of broken glass or sand particles.

~ Aisha Raheel

Never give a person a piece of your mind when all you really wanted to do was give them a piece of your heart.

~ Shannon L. Alder

What if I forgave myself even though I'd done something I shouldn't have?

~ Cheryl Strayed

If you can love all who've betrayed you... you can taste sweetness in everything.

~ Holly Lynn Payne

At some point, you have to set down the past. At some point, you have to accept that everyone was doing their best. At some point, you have to gather yourself up, and go onward into your life.

~ Olivia Laing

Do unto others…’ is a good rule of thumb. I live by that. Forgiveness is probably the greatest virtue there is. But that’s exactly what it is - a virtue. Not just a Christian virtue. No one owns being good. I’m good. I just don’t believe I’ll be rewarded for it in heaven. My reward is here and now. It’s knowing that I try to do the right thing. That I lived a good life. And that’s where spirituality really lost its way. When it became a stick to beat people with. ‘Do this or you’ll burn in hell.’ You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway.

~ Ricky Gervais

And if you say 'I love you,' and you mean it, then love makes up for a whole lifetime of mistakes. That's some kind of magic.

~ Natalie Lloyd

In my anger, I slew you twice. I saw you only as the dragon, and I forgot what you were meant to be. Can you forgive me?--Etanun

~ Anne Elisabeth Stengl

Forgiveness is the process of dropping off your emotional baggage.

~ Tim Fargo

Apologizing is different from begging, it doesn't change your status, go ahead and get on your knees, spill tears if you got it, for the person you offended, if at all you had a place in their hearts, you'll be totally forgiven and accepted.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

You know, sometimes it's nice to just have someone to blame, even if it has to be yourself, even if it doesn't make sense.

~ Lois Lowry

The Lord's capacity to forgive a person who is truly repentant is without limit, without qualification

~ Elizabeth Camden

Forgiveness is required to dissolve all the negative energy cords because it releases shame, guilt, anger, hatred, etc.

~ Hina Hashmi

This is, perhaps, the greatest challenge of our time – to love in the absence of any immediate rewards for our love.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

How Many Marriages Would Be Better If the Husband and the Wife Clearly Understood That They're On the Same Side?

~ Zig Ziglar

You are much more than your mistakes, much bigger than your failures and much more beautiful than your ugliest moment. The stumbles we experience in life may shame us or humble us with valuable tough lessons but they will never define who we truly are. No matter your mistake…it’s important to remember that You are someone’s light in the darkness; a beacon of love and hope and that should ALWAYS supersede the superficial imperfections we erroneously internalize. ~Jason Versey

~ Jason Versey

The gentle waters poured from the heavens, baptizing the two angels in a healing shower that washed away their differences, lifting the veil from their sight, and they knew they were the same.

~ C.j. Sullivan

When you maintain bitterness and contempt towards someone, you’re actually binding yourself to them. You’ve given them a foothold in your life with an emotional connection that is stronger than any prison cell. It’s a jail sentence of solitary anger and animosity. Forgiveness is the ONLY thing that breaks that emotional bond. It’s the key that sets you free. ~Jason Versey

~ Jason Versey

The more I prayed, the more aware I became that, in order to receive God's true blessing, my heart had to be ready to receive His love. But how could He enter my heart when it was holding so much anger and hatred?

~ Immaculée Ilibagiza

So I let her go, too. And I'm sorry. I know you loved her. It was hard not to.Takumi

~ John Green

Fate might forgive greed, or gluttony, or even bloodlust, but it never ignores being ignored.

~ Erik Bundy

Grin is still beside me. His arms are hung tightly as his side and I take his hand. It is like touching stone and he turns stiffly toward me as we begin making our way back to where Rosso had camped the horses. We are both quiet but I know we were both thinking the same thing. That we wish we were out there and that we wish this wasn't happening at the same time. I suddenly feel the need to apologize to him too. It is because of me that his father and brothers are in this situation but that was their choice. When he looks at me, I can see forgiveness in his eyes. Neither of us have to speak to understand and neither of us look back at the people we leave behind.

~ Celia Mcmahon

Where you see and feel wrongdoing, Divine Mind sees opportunity to restore Wholeness.

~ Deborah Atianne Wilson