Forgiveness Quotes

"My dear young friends, there is always a way back. Jesus Christ (and His gospel) is the way. You have not committed any sin so serious that you are beyond the reach of the Savior’s love and atoning grace. As you take steps to repent and follow God’s laws, you will begin to feel just how much Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son want you back home with Them! They want you to be happy. They will do anything within Their power that does not violate your agency or Their laws to help you come back."

- President Russell M. Nelson

"It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody."

- Oprah Winfrey

"True forgiveness is when you can say, ‘Thank you for that experience.'"

- Oprah Winfrey

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Take forgiveness slowly. Don't blame yourself for being slow. Peace will come."

- Japanese American artist and peace activist

"Forgiveness is healing...especially forgiving yourself."

- Noël

"You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don’t mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it.'"

- Maya Angelou

"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."

- Nelson Mandela

"Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend."

- American singer-songwriter

"Choose, everyday, to forgive yourself. You are human, flawed, and most of all worthy of love."

- Alison Malee

"My sin had burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace, O Lord! Your Forgiveness came out greater."

- Imam al-Shafi’i (RA)

"After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations."

- Oscar Wilde

"The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive."

- John Green

"It’s not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you."

- Tyler Perry

"Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins ..."

- Acts 2:38

"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will find forgiveness."

- Honore de Balzac

"When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ And they divided up his clothes by casting lots."

- Luke 23:33-34

"Why did Jesus have to die in order to forgive us? There was a debt to be paid—God himself paid it. There was a penalty to be born—God himself bore it. Forgiveness is always a form of costly suffering."

- Timothy Keller

"The atonement of Christ is capable of removing from men, all sorts, sizes, and dyes of iniquity."

- Charles Spurgeon

"Jesus’ death on the cross was a fully human and yet fully divine sacrifice that effectively paid the price for humankind’s sin."

- Edward P. Meadors

"Forgiving isn’t something you do for someone else. It's something you do for yourself. It's saying, 'You’re not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.' It’s saying, 'You don't get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future.'"

"Forgiveness is the scent that the rose leaves on the heel that crushes it."

- Anonymous

"Starting today, stop keeping track of all the mistakes you’ve ever made. It’s time to forgive yourself and start being your own best friend."

"Heavenly Father, I come before you to ask for forgiveness of sins. I have done you wrong and broken your holy commandments daily. Lord, I..."

"Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace."

"Forgiveness is not something we do for other people. It's something we do for ourselves to move on."

"Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."

"The sign of true forgiveness is when you stop wishing it had been any other way."

"God's Mercy Is Bigger Than Any Of Your Mistakes."

"It’s time for you to reclaim your mistakes as arrows pointing you toward a different way."