Forgiveness Quotes
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Gandhi
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive
A brave man thinks no one is his superior who does him an injury; for he has it then in his power to make himself his superior to the other by forgiving it.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.
Forgiveness means letting go of the past.
To understand all is to forgive all.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none.
Seneca
Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
Forgiveness is the final form of love.
To err is human to forgive, divine.
Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of human nature can arrive at.
Without forgiveness, there's no future.
The man who forgives is far stronger than the man who fights.
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 laugther and the lightness in your life.
There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.
To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. Believe me, you can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from your anguish whatsoever.
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.
Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
Our practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
