Forgiveness Quotes

95. Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.

^{Charles Williams}

96. 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}

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

^{T. D. Jakes}

98. Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

^Euripides

99. If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

^{Jesse Jackson}

100. Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I’ll forgive Thy great big joke on me.

^{Robert Frost}

Forgiveness Quotes 101 – 200

101. Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.

^{Oscar Wilde}

102. Forgive those who have hurt you.

^{Les Brown}

103. You can’t forgive without loving. And I don’t mean sentimentality. I don’t mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, ‘I forgive. I’m finished with it.’

^{Maya Angelou}

104. Love in the real world means saying you’re sorry 10 times a day.

^{Kathie Lee Gifford}

105. I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

^{T. D. Jakes}

106. The ability to forgive is one of man’s greatest achievements.

^{Bryant H. McGill}

107. We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

^{Francois de La Rochefoucauld}

108. And you know, when you’ve experienced grace and you feel like you’ve been forgiven, you’re a lot more forgiving of other people. You’re a lot more gracious to others.

^{Rick Warren}

109. God’s forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.

^{Jonathan Sacks}

110. The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

^{Elbert Hubbard}

111. Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual.

^{Jennifer O’Neill}

112. Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

^{Gerald Jampolsky}

113. Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life.

^{Joseph Prince}

114. It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

^{Jessamyn West}

115. It’s said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies – because you never know when you’ll have to work with them.

^{Lana Turner}

116. To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.

^{Mason Cooley}

117. Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

^{Igor Stravinsky}

118. In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I’m keeping a chart.

^{Hillary Clinton}

119. Can you really forgive if you can’t forget?

^{Sarah Jessica Parker}

120. I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships – things like forgiveness and compassion.

^{Andrea Thompson}

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

^{Mason Cooley}

122. It’s far easier to forgive an enemy after you’ve got even with him.

^{Olin Miller}

123. I like second chances. I’ve given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It’s not easy to forgive. I definitely don’t forget, but I do forgive.

^{Odette Annable}

124. There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

^{Bryant H. McGill}

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

^{Peter Ustinov}

126. The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

^{Honore de Balzac}

127. I believe forgiveness is the best form of love in any relationship. It takes a strong person to say they’re sorry and an even stronger person to forgive.

^{Yolanda Hadid}

128. I have to ask Allah’s forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it’s not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.

^{Abdul Qadeer Khan}

129. Without forgiveness life is governed by… an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

^{Roberto Assagioli}

130. Reconciliation and forgiveness can actually help all of us move on in a healthier, happier way.

^{Chesa Boudin}

131. Just knowing you don’t have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn – and those are all good things.

^{Dick Van Dyke}

132. Forgiveness isn’t just a blessing you deliver to another human being. Forgiveness is also a gift you give yourself.

^{Robin S. Sharma}

133. Our lack of forgiveness makes us hate, and our lack of compassion makes us hard-hearted. Pride in our hearts makes us resentful and keeps our memory in a constant whirlwind of passion ^{and self-pity.}

^{Mother Angelica}

134. Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

^{Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton}

135. Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.

^{W. H. Auden}

136. I have sinned against You, my Lord, and I would ask that your precious blood would wash and cleanse every stain until it is in the seas of God’s forgiveness.

^{Jimmy Swaggart}

137. Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.

^{John Dryden}

138. I can’t turn the clock back but I can seek the forgiveness of those I’ve wronged.

^{Richard Coles}

139. Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.

^{Nick Wechsler}

140. I think forgiveness is overrated, personally, because some things people do are unforgivable.

^{Charlamagne tha God}

141. Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you’re not hurting the person you hate. You’re hurting yourself. And that’s a healing. Actually, it’s a real healing, forgiveness.

^{Louis Zamperini}

142. There is no forgiveness in nature.

^{Ugo Betti}

143. The Gospel offers forgiveness for the past, new life for the present, and hope for the future.

^{John Sentamu}

144. Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.

^{Louise L. Hay}