Hello everyone! In this post, I am going to share with you inspirational forgiveness quotes. Why should we forgive others? Especially those who have said or done something bad to us. The Cambridge dictionary defines Forgiveness as: To stop blaming or being angry with someone for something that petson has done, or not punish them for something.
The moment we forgive someone is the moment we heal ourselves and begin to move on in our life. By healing, we let go anything that stresses us and makes us feel pain.
I believe that forgiving someone is not only something good for other, but it is also good for ourselves. If we are aiming for a healthy life and better relationship with others, we have to make forgiveness as one of our principles.
Life is too short to waste your energy on being mad and angry at people when you have to be happy. I hope that the Forgiveness Quotes that I have put together for you will help you in forgiving any person who has hurt you .
I also hope that you take a few minutes of your time to read these Forgiveness Quotes, and that they will inspire you to forgive other people or yourself in the future.
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Inspirational Forgiveness Quotes
1. Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace. – Leo Tolstoy
2. Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. – Cherie Carter-Scott
3. A life lived without forgiveness is a prison. – William Arthur Ward
4. The 3 most powerful resources you have available to you: love, prayer and forgiveness. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
5. Forgiving you is my gift to you. Moving on is my gift to myself. _ Unknown
6. Forgiveness is not something we do for other people. It’s something we do for ourselves to move on. _ Unknown
7. Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace. _ Unknown
8. Strive to be first: first to nod, first to smile, first to compliment, and first to forgive. – Rhonda Byrne
9. Love people who hate you. Pray for people who have wronged you. It won’t just change their life…it’ll change yours. – Mandy Hale
10. Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude. – Martin Lather King Jr
11. The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward. – Steve Maraboli
12. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. – Tony Robbins
13. I don’t think there’s anything braver than forgiveness. – Brené Brown
14. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It’s a gift you give yourself. – T. D. Jakes
15 of 50 Forgiveness Quotes
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. – Mahatma Gandhi
16. A heart filled with anger has no room for love. – Joan Lunden
17. I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. – Gerald Jampolsky
18. Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. _ Bruce Lee
19. There is nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy, a grace in forgiveness. – John Connolly
20. Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. – William Arthur Ward
21. Sometimes what a person needs most is to be forgiven. – Jennifer McMahon
22. Without forgiveness, there’s no future. – Desmond Tutu
23. Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much. – Oscar Wilde
24. By having a forgiving attitude, you can change your life and the lives of the people you care about most. – Kathie M. Thomson
25. Though I was unaware of it at the time, that simple act of forgiveness was the beginning of an entirely new level of experiencing life for me. – Wayne Dyer
26. Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. – Cherie Carter-Scott
27. Forgiveness is freedom. – Jenny C. Bell
28. Release the anger, forgive them, and move on so that your life can be made better. – Germany Kent
29. A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. – Robert Quillen
30 of 50 Quotes
It takes a strong person to say sorry, and an even stronger person to forgive. _ Unknown
31. To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it. – Confucius
32. You’ll never know how strong your heart is until you learn to forgive who broke it. _ Unknown
33. Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another. – Emma Goldman
34. When you forgive, you heal. When you let go, you grow. _ Unknown
35. When you choose to forgive those who have hurt you, you take away their power. Unknown
36. Forgiveness is a reflection of loving yourself enough to move on. – Steve Maraboli
37. The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. And the first to forget is the happiest. _ Unknown
38. Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energy moving forward together towards an answer. – Denis Waitley
39. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does change the future. _ Unknown
40. There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love. – Bryant McGill
41. 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
42. We live on because we can love, and we love because we can forgive. – Gregory David Roberts
43. If you can’t forgive and forget, pick one. – Robert Brault
44. He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. – George Herbert
45 of 50 Quotes
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. – Wayne Dyer
46. Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. – Indira Gandhi
47. To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. – Lewis B. Smedes
48. When someone does something wrong, don’t forget all the things they did right. _ Unknown
49. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly, forgive quickly. – Paulo Coelho
50. Forgiveness isn’t approving what happened. It’s choosing to rise above it. – Robin Sharma