Best Forgiveness Quotes

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Before you judge someone else, stop and think about all that God has forgiven you for.

Humbleness, forgiveness, clarity and love are the dynamics of freedom. They are the foundations of authentic power.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it forgoes revenge, and dares forgive an injury.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.

We must not only speak about forgiveness and reconciliation, we must act on these principles.

I think it’s important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance.

Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.

Forgiving is not about forgetting, it’s letting go of the hurt.

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.

Forgiveness is not a one-time-only event. It is a process.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Forgiveness works two ways, in most instances. People have to forgive themselves too. The powerful have to forgive themselves for their behavior. That should be a sacred process.

There is only one thing harder in this world than forgiving. It’s to ask forgiveness armed only with, ‘I’m sorry’.

Forgiveness is the process of dropping off your emotional baggage.

Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

Forgiveness is both a decision and a process.

To be kind, honest and have positive thoughts; to forgive those who harm us and treat everyone as a friend; to help those who are suffering and never to consider ourselves superior to anyone else: even if this advice seems rather simplistic, make the effort of seeing whether by following it you can find greater happiness.

Spoken forgiveness, no matter how heartfelt, works best when we do not demand the response we want. I mean that when we tell people we forgive them, we must leave them free to respond to our good news however they are inclined. If the response is not what we hoped for, we can go home and enjoy our own healing in private.

Few things accelerate the peace process as much as humbly admitting our own wrongdoing and asking forgiveness.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

The forgiveness of God is one thing, but the proof that we want that forgiveness is the energy we expend to make amends for the wrong.

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

It seems that most people need to experience a great deal of suffering before they will relinquish resistance and accept – before they will forgive.

A grudge is like a cesspool; forgiveness like a flowing river.

Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Forgiveness does not mean that we have to continue to relate to those who have done us harm. In some cases the best practice may be to end our connection, to never speak to or be with a harmful person again. Sometimes in the process of forgiveness a person who hurts or betrayed us may wish to make amends, but even this does not require us to put ourselves in the way of further harm.

Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive.