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I hope you find great value in these Quotes about Forgiveness from my large collection of inspirational quotes and motivational sayings.
Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Related topics: Inspirational Life Human-Nature Psychology Live-By Self
Laugh when you can,
apologize when you should,
and let go of what you can't change.
Life's too short to be anything... but happy.
- Anonymous
The key to forgiveness is to forgive from the heart -
not from the mind.
- Sheri Rosenthal
Where there is no accusation of "fault,"
there can be no anger.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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Forgiveness does not change the past,
but it does enlarge the future.
- Paul Boese
Forgiveness is really a gift to yourself -
have the compassion to forgive others,
and the courage to forgive yourself.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.
- Jewel
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds
on the heel that has crushed it.
- Mark Twain
The weak can never forgive.
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
In forgiveness you grant, and more so
in the forgiveness you receive.
- Terry Goodkind
Forgiveness is the only way to heal
- don Miguel Ruiz
Forgiveness of all people and all acts -
is a sure path to happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Forgiveness is the cleansing fire
that burns away old regrets and resentments.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Forgive those who have injured you -
not because they deserve your forgiveness,
but because you can never be happy
until you release your anger and grant forgiveness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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
Without forgiveness, there is no future.
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
For man with no forgiveness in heart,
life worse punishment than death.
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid 2
There is no love without forgiveness,
and there is no forgiveness without love.
- Bryant H. McGill
The path to happiness is forgiveness of everyone
and gratitude for everything.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
- A Course In Miracles
You create stress in your life by getting angry,
and you can instantly remove
that stress by granting forgiveness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There is magic in sincere forgiveness - magic to heal.
- Terry Goodkind
Honor, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Choice,
Vision, Action, Celebration, Unity -
The Values of an Inspired Life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The practice of forgiveness is our most important
contribution to the healing of the world.
- Marianne Williamson
Love is stronger than justice.
- Sting
I forgive for my own sake,
that I may transmute my resentments into Unconditional Love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I rest in the light of forgiveness.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
- Epictetus
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; ...
Forgive them anyway.
- Kent Keith
(often attributed to Mother Teresa, who kept a copy
on the wall of her orphanage)
We have to let go of all blame, all attacking, all judging,
to free our inner selves to attract what we say we want.
- Joe Vitale
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.
To err is human, to forgive divine.
- Alexander Pope
A wise one said, "We are most like God when we forgive."
It is easy for us to blame, but hard for us to forgive.
Yet that is what we are called upon to do -
to forgive everyone for everything.
And the reward?
In this life, the reward for forgiveness
is your own happiness.
Unconditional universal forgiveness is
the key to your own happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A wise man will make haste to forgive,
because he knows the true value of time,
and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
- Samuel Johnson
Forgiveness ... is the finishing of old business
that allows us to experience the present,
free of contamination from the past.
- Joan Borysenko
You have heard that it was said,
"Love your neighbor and hate your enemy."
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
- Matthew 5:43-44
Today, I say yes to forgiving.
I commit to being for-giving love
and for-giving compassion in all areas of my life.
- Sheri Rosenthal
Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others.
Choose love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You go against yourself when you
judge or blame yourself for anything
- don Miguel Ruiz
I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
- Gerald Jampolsky
Forgiveness is the salve that heals
the wounds of unkind words and acts.
Forgive everyone for every hurt you have ever received -
for your own sake, that you may live in peace.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Give yourself the gift of forgiving
everyone you are angry with -
for every action you resent.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
- Publilius Syrus
"I can forgive, but I cannot forget,"
is only another way of saying, I will not forgive.
Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note -
torn in two, and burned up,
so that it never can be shown against one.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Live life with no regrets and no resentments.
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others. Choose love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Forgive Your Brother from Your Heart.
- Matthew 18:21-22
Forgiving is not a gift to someone else.
Forgiving is your gift to yourself -
a great gift - the gift of happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is an act of great Courage to forsake all Blame.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honore de Balzac
Forgiving others is a gift to yourself,
given not because the other deserves pardon,
but because you deserve the serenity and joy
that comes from releasing resentment and anger,
and from embracing universal forgiveness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I have decided to stick with love.
Hate is too great a burden to bear.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The regrets and resentments etched in a heart
remain until they are cleansed away with love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I forgive everyone for everything.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Doing an injury puts you below your enemy;
revenging one make you but even with him;
forgiving it sets you above him.
- Benjamin Franklin [attributed]
Our opportunity is to love ourselves exactly as we are -
with all our joys and sufferings.
To be grateful for everything.
To forgive ourselves for our doubts of our own worthiness -
for we have no need to be anything other than what we are.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Never forget the three powerful resources
you always have available to you:
love, prayer, and forgiveness.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
When we hate our enemies, we are
giving them power over us:
power over our sleep, our appetites,
our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.
Our enemies would dance with joy if only
they knew how they were worrying us,
lacerating us, and getting even with us!
Our hate is not hurting them at all,
but our hate is turning our own days
and nights into a hellish turmoil.
- Dale Carnegie
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
- Publilius Syrus
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
- Norman Cousins
Find your way with the certain and gentle light of forgiveness.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Know that unconditional forgiveness
holds immense power to relieve your suffering.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
People can be more forgiving than you can imagine.
But you have to forgive yourself.
Let go of what's bitter and move on.
- Bill Cosby
Forgiveness is not a one time thing.
Forgiveness must be practiced again and again in different ways
because we may find many dimensions to the wrongs we have suffered.
Bitterness and resentment are like weeds that can continue to pop up
until we have plucked out the last plant by its roots
and extinguished the last seed.
We must carefully tend the garden of our mind and soul,
lest we be overrun by the weeds of bitterness and regret.
- Carly Foster
I Release Myself From All Guilt.
I forgive myself for judging me guilty.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
These are the keys to a great life...
taking oneself lightly, forgiveness, and acceptance.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is often easier to ask for forgiveness
than to ask for permission.
- Grace Hopper
Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free
and realizing you were the prisoner!
- Max Lucado
Unconditional forgiveness is the path to your own inner peace.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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