Forgiveness Quotes

"Learn from the past, be thankful for the past, forgive the mistakes of the past, and let it go."

- Debasish Mridha

"When a deep injury is done to us, we never heal until we forgive."

- Nelson Mandela

"Mm-mmm, no. You ain’t giving him anything. When you choose to do that, you’re giving that to yourself."

- Ted

"Anger will only weaken you. Yeah. Okay. But if you really want to piss off the people who did this, forgive them."

- Sam's Dad

"You know, Jamie, if hating your Pops ain’t motivating you like it used to, it might be time to try something different. Just forgive him."

- Ted

"I try to love my Dad for who he is and forgive him for who he isn’t."

- Higgins

"Forgiving is not forgetting. Forgiving is remembering without pain."

- Celia Cruz

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

- Oprah Winfrey

"When somebody hurts you, just say 'thank you' and move on."

- Madonna Ciccone

"If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother."

- Epictetus

"Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them."

- Oscar Wilde

"There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness."

- Josh Billings

"Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense."

- Robert Frost

"When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future."

- Bernard Meltzer

"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

"It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission."

- Grace Hopper

"Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough."

- Garrison Keillor

"I invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition."

- Jean-Francois Cope

"Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure."

- Jane Austen

"We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive."

- T. D. Jakes

"Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom."

- Hannah Arendt

"He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven."

- George Herbert

"It is in pardoning that we are pardoned."

- Francis of Assisi

"All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives."

- Dalai Lama

"A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive."

- Sydney J. Harris

"Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself."

- George Bernard Shaw

"If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn."

- Friedrich Nietzsche

"I can be forgiving, even in the most challenging of situations."

"When you forgive, you heal. When you let go you grow."

"As we reflect on Jesus' ultimate act of love, may we open our hearts to forgiveness, healing, and peace."