Forgiveness Quotes - Page 6

• True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

  "Is It Too Late Now To Say Sorry? The Power of Forgiveness" by Margaret Hession, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 4, 2017.

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• It may be infinitely worse to refuse to forgive than to murder, because

  George MacDonald

  Forgiving, May, Murder

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• Never repeat old grievances.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Grievance, Repeats

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  "If a man finds it very hard to forgive injuries, let him look at a Crucifix, and think that Christ shed all His Blood for him, and not only forgave His enemies, but even prayed His Heavenly Father to forgive them also. Let him remember that when he says the Pater Noster, every day, instead of asking pardon for his sins, he is calling down vengeance on himself."

  Philip Neri

  Father, Men, Thinking

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• Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.

  Robert Frost

  Thinking, Forgive Me, Forgiving

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• Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

  Hannah Arendt

  Life Changing, Being Hurt, Keys

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you can't forgive and forget, pick one.

  Robert Breault

  Positivity, Forgive And Forget, Forgiving

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• Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

  Mason Cooley

  Forgive And Move On, What Is Forgiveness

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• He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

  George Herbert

  Relationship, Faith, Bridges

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• Become more accepting. With every interaction, surrender any tendency to judge another person. Pray for a more accepting heart.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Inspirational, Peace

  "Marianne Williamson: 10 Ways To Stay Spiritually Connected" By Marianne Williamson, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 9, 2013.

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• If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?

  Dolores Huerta

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Pardon Me, Ifs, Assured

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• You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Hurt, Forgiving, Wish

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• Forgiveness is choosing to love.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Choosing To Love

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• The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

  Marianne Williamson

  Forgiving, Firsts, Steps

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage”, p.131, Random House

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• Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Memories, Healing, Past

  "Healing by Degrees" by Jean-Paul Bedard, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1, 2014.

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• The brave only know how to forgive.

  Laurence Sterne

  Brave, Forgiving, How To Forgive

  Laurence Sterne (1873). “The Works of Laurence Sterne ...: With a Life of the Author”, p.139, London : Bickers, H. Sotheran

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• Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us.

  Martin Luther

  Forgiving

  Martin Luther (1816). “Special and chosen sermons of D. M. Luther, collected out of his writings ... Englished by W. G(ace). B.L.”, p.137

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• Sometimes I wonder will God ever forgive us for what we've done to each other? Then I look around and I realize God left this place a long time ago.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  God, Long, Forgiving

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• When he says we’re forgiven, let’s unload the guilt. When he says we’re valuable, let’s believe him. . . . When he says we’re provided for, let’s stop worrying. God’s efforts are strongest when our efforts are useless

  Max Lucado

  Faith, God, Christian

  Max Lucado (2013). “Grace for the Moment: Morning and Evening Devotional Journal”, p.640, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.

  Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  Sorry, Sorrow, Doe

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• Let us learn from Christ how to pray, to forgive, to sow peace, and to be near those in need.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Religious, Jesus

  Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.158, SPCK

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

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Letting Go

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• Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Dream, Children, Broken

  "Markings". Book by Dag Hammarskjöld, 1963.

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship

  "Gems of Truth & Beauty".

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