Forgiveness Quotes

"My most important parenting job is to teach my children how to deal with being human. There is really only one way to deal gracefully with being human, and that is: forgive yourself."

- Glennon Doyle

""Since brokenness is the way of folks, the only way to live peacefully is to forgive everyone constantly, including yourself.""

- Glennon Doyle Melton

"Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again: for forgiveness has risen from the grave!"

- St. John Chrysostom

"Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy."

- St. Isidore of Seville

"Forgiving what we cannot forgive creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future."

- Lewis B. Smedes

"We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness."

- Frederick William Robertson

"Vengeance has consumed you. It has consumed them. I am done allowing it to consume me. Justice will come soon enough."

- T'Challa

"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

"An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

- Gandhi

"For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?"

- Bell Hooks

"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship. Forgiveness is a catalyst creating the atmosphere necessary for a fresh start and a new beginning."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as God through Christ has forgiven you."

- Bible (Ephesians 4:32)

"In the blink of an eye, everything can change. So forgive often and love with all your heart. You may never not have that chance again."

"At 60, let go of regrets. You have too many blessings to count and more on the way."

"The sky is a reminder that we are all capable of forgiveness."