“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” –Mahatma Gandhi
“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 Smedes
“When a deep injury is done to us, we never heal until we forgive.” –Nelson Mandela
“Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.” –Hannah Arendt
“There is nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy, a grace in forgiveness.” –John Connolly
“Blame keeps wounds open. Only forgiveness heals.” –Thomas S. Manson
“When you forgive, you in no way change the past—but you sure do change the future.” –Bernard Meltzer
“Forgiveness is a reflection of loving yourself enough to move on.” –Dr. Steve Maraboli“
Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.” –Nelson Mandela
“Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not to hold the offence up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love.” –Gary Chapman
Hard To Forgive Quotes
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.” –John F. Kennedy
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
Maybe it’s that I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices of others, or their offenses against me. My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever.
People respect unhappiness and find it especially hard to forgive success.
hatred of oppression seems to me so blended with hatred of the oppressor that I cannot separate them. I feel that no other injury could be so hard to bear, so very very hard to forgive, as that inflicted by cruel oppression and prejudice.
Failure to do the good that is within your power is hard to forgive. But mercy and prayer reclaim the negligent.
Trying To Forgive Quotes
“Forgiveness is a choice, but it is not an option.” –Joel Osteen
“Hate. It has caused a lot of problems in this world, but it has not solved one yet.” –Maya Angelou
“It can be hard to forgive and let go but it’s important to remember that harboring the resentment and holding a grudge can hurt you even more. The word ‘forgive’ really means to give something up for yourself not for them.” –Jack Canfield
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I forgive myself and set myself free.” –Louise Hay
“Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.” –C.S. Lewis
“If we really want to love we must learn how to forgive.” –Mother Theresa
“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” –Bruce Lee
“If you cannot forgive and forget, pick one.” –Robert Brault
“Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.” –Phillips Brooks
Forgive And Forget Quotes
Forgive and forget. It may not change the past but it gives the future a chance.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” –Mark Twain
“When we don’t forgive, we’re not hurting the other person. We’re not hurting the company that did us wrong. We’re not hurting God. We’re only hurting ourselves.” –Joel Osteen
“Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.” –Indira Gandhi
“What is forgiven is usually well remembered.” –Louis Dudek
“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
“Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.” –Jonathan Huie
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” –Oscar Wilde
“Forgiveness is the final form of love.” –Reinhold Niebuhr
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free, only to discover that the prisoner was you.” -Lewis B. Smedes
Forgiving someone is easy, but being able to trust them again is a totally different story.
