Forgiveness Quotes

"If God knows of any good in your hearts, He will give you something better than what has been taken from you, and He will forgive you: God is forgiving and merciful."

- Quran 8:70

"But God only undertakes to accept repentance from those who do evil out of ignorance and soon afterwards repent: these are the ones God will forgive, He is all knowing, all wise."

- Quran 4:17

"Do they not know that it is God Himself who accepts repentance from His servants and receives what is given freely for His sake?"

- Quran 9:104

"Peace be upon you. Your Lord has taken it on Himself to be merciful: if any of you has foolishly done a bad deed, and afterwards repented and mended his ways, God is most Forgiving and most Merciful."

- Quran 6:54

"It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"Life is too short for long-term grudges."

- Elon Musk

"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."

- C.S. Lewis

"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."

- C.S. Lewis

"I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness."

- Al Pacino

"What we don’t recognize is that holding onto resentment is like holding onto your breath. You’ll soon start to suffocate."

- Deepak Chopra

"To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit."

- Jack Kornfield

"Forgiveness is the natural outcome of letting go of inner conflict."

- Amoda Maa

"By letting go of this long-held inner drama I become a little more liberated and useful. In essence it’s bad that it happened but it’s worse that I allow myself to be affected by it now. I cannot control the past but I can control the present through forgiveness."

- Russell Brand

"Forgiveness and the release of the past open the creative flow of life, supporting all levels of mind, heart, body, emotion, and spirit."

- Jamie Sams

"If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate."

- C. JoyBell C.

"It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on."

- Steve Maraboli

"To understand everything is to forgive everything."

- Buddha

"Always forgive your enemies–nothing annoys them so much."

- Oscar Wilde

"Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing."

- Brian Weiss

"Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness."

- Billy Graham

"Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

- Gandhi

"Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing."

- Caroline Myss

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

- Marianne Williamson

"To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing."

- Sylvia Fraser

"By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing."

- Caroline Myss

"To understand is to forgive, even oneself."

- Alexander Chase

"The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good."

- Catherine Ponder

"Forgiveness is not a gift to the person who has wronged you, but to yourself."

"I forgive you; I’d love if you could forgive yourself, too."

"The best revenge is no revenge. Heal yourself and move on. Don't become like those who have hurt you."