Forgiveness Quotes

"When you are happy you can forgive a great deal."

- Princess Diana

"Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven."

- Igor Stravinsky

"God forgive you, but I never can."

- Elizabeth I

"Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again."

- Saint Augustine

"The remedy for life's broken pieces is not classes, workshops or books. Don't try to heal the broken pieces. Just forgive."

- Iyanla Vanzant

"Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave."

- Indira Gandhi

"Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting."

- William Arthur Ward

"Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love."

- Mahavira

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

- Alan Paton

"Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons."

- Jessica Lange

"Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions."

- Gerald Jampolsky

"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."

- John F. Kennedy

"To err is human; to forgive, divine."

- Alexander Pope

"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."

- Mark Twain

"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you."

- Lewis B. Smedes

"Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart."

- Corrie ten Boom

"Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness."

- H. Jackson Brown Jr.

"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."

- Thomas Szasz

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

- Maya Angelou

"Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life."

- Joan Lunden

"Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge."

- William Shakespeare

"Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness."

- Marianne Williamson

"Forgiveness is the final form of love."

- Reinhold Niebuhr

"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven."

- Thomas Fuller

"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one."

- Henry Ward Beecher

"God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't."

- Alfred Korzybski

"Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that won't be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense."

- Joyce Meyer

"Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits."

- Hannah More

"Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury."

- Edwin Hubbell Chapin

"Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself."

- Suzanne Somers