Inspirational Forgiveness Quotes - Page 2

• We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.

  T. D. Jakes

  Forgiveness, Strong, Thinking

  Twitter post from Dec 28, 2016

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• Exchange love for hate...Thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.

  Maya Angelou

  Peace, Hate, Comfortable

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• Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

  Peter Ustinov

  Love, Life, Marriage

  "Ustinov's comic touch". BBC obituary, news.bbc.co.uk. March 29, 2004.

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• The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.

  Eldridge Cleaver

  Love, Forgiveness, Hate

  Eldridge Cleaver (2015). “Target Zero: A Life in Writing”, p.49, Macmillan

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• We may not know how to forgive, and we may not want to forgive; but the very fact we say we are willing to forgive begins the healing practice.

  Louise Hay

  Forgiveness, Healing, Practice

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• Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Forgiveness, Problems Love, New Day

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• Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself

  T. D. Jakes

  Forgiveness, Giving, Forgiven

  T.D. Jakes (2012). “Before You Do: Making Great Decisions That You Won't Regret”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• When anger rises, think of the consequences.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Yoga

  "The Sacred Edict: Containing Sixteen Maxims of the Emperor Kang-He". Book by Yu-p'u Wang (p. 298), 1817.

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• The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Positive, Forgiveness, Respect

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• If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.

  Cesare Pavese

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Travel

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• I refuse to let what happened to me make me bitter.

  Nicole Kidman

  Break Up, Broken Heart, Forgiveness

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• The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.

  Alden Nowlan

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Wise

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• Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment. But to forgive does not mean we will allow injustice again.

  Jack Kornfield

  Forgiveness, Mean, Justice

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• Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Love, Inspirational, Forgiveness

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (2000). “Life's Instructions for Wisdom, Success, and Happiness”, p.52, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Forgiveness

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.179, Tuttle Publishing

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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

  Forgiveness, Hurt, Forgiving

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• Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

  Hannah More

  Forgiveness, Heartbroken, Anger

  Hannah More (1840). “The Miscellaneous Works of Hannah More”, p.639

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• Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Heart

  Corrie ten Boom (1974). “Tramp for the Lord: The Story that Begins Where The Hiding Place Ends”, p.57, CLC Publications

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

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.166, A&C Black

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• When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.

  Bernard Meltzer

  Inspirational, Change, Forgiveness

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• To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Inspirational, Happiness, Inspiring

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• Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

  Suzanne Somers

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Letting Go

  Twitter post from Feb 27, 2013

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

  Oprah Winfrey

  Thank You, Forgiveness, Thankful

  "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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• He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Forgiveness, Wise

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.64, Beacon Press

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  A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.

  Ruth Graham

  Love, Friendship, Relationship

  Ruth Bell Graham, Gigi Tchividjian (2009). “A Quiet Knowing”, p.42, Thomas Nelson Inc

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