Quotes about Forgiveness



       "Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future."
- Anonymous

       “True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.” 
- Oprah Winfrey

      “Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.” 
- Martin Luther King Jr

      “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi


      “Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
Bruce Lee


        “To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” 
- Mark Twain

       “You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.
Lewis B. Smedes

      “Forgotten is forgiven.
F. Scott Fitzgerald


      “Forgiveness is a gift”
- Anonymous.


      “Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.” 
John F. Kennedy

      “Forgiveness is the final form of love.
Reinhold Niebuhr


     “Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.””
Billy Graham


     “The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
- Marianne Williamson

      “Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.
- Suzanne Somers



      “Without forgiveness, there's no future.
- Desmond Tutu



      “When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you.” 
- Jon Krakauer

       “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.” 
- Anne Lamott

       “Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.” 
- Wm. Paul Young

       “Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.” 
- Wm. Paul Young


      “I guess forgiveness, like happiness, isn’t a final destination. You don’t one day get there and get to stay.” 
- Deb Caletti

       “The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.
- Bryant H. McGill


       “Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
- George MacDonald

       “Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.” 
- C.S. Lewis

      “Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.” 
- Emma Goldman

       “Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.” 
- Anne Lamott

      “Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.
- Desmond Tutu


      “Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
- T. D. Jakes


       “The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.
- Marianne Williamson


       “I can forgive you for leaving, but not for coming back.” 
- Jonathan Safran Foer

      “We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.
- Frederick William Robertson


       “Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual.
- Jennifer O'Neill

       “Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.
- Jennifer O'Neill

       “I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.” 
- Adlai E. Stevenson

       “The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good.” 
- Catherine Ponder

       “You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.” 
- Max Lucado

     “I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.
- Alan Ball


       “A broken friendship that is mended through forgiveness can be even stronger than it once was.” 
- Stephen Richards

      “A strong gives forgiveness but weak gives permission.” 
- Santosh Kalwar

      “Forgiveness is the only way to reverse the irreversible flow of history.” 
- Hannah Arendt