3,711 Quotes About Forgiveness

Forgiveness is such an indication of power that itscapacity combines profound humanness and otherworldly godliness.

Your heart loves forgiving because it recognizes that as soon as it activates this magic, you have the chance to be liberated in a way that not even a heartfelt expression of regret on the part of the other person could grant you.

To understand is to forgive...

Each of us at some time will need to extend forgiveness to someone for something they did or failed to do. And each of us at some time will need to receive forgiveness for something that we did or failed to do.

The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest.

Forgiveness is the felling of peace that emerges as you take your hurt less personally, take responsibility for how you feel, and become a hero instead of a victim in the story you tell.

Stages of becoming a forgiving person In the first stage of becoming a forgiving person, people experience a loss in their life, feel angry or hurt, and tend to justify their negative emotions. At this stage of forgiveness you are filled with self-justified anger or hurt.At the second stage you choose forgiveness once in order to hurt less.At the third stage you choose it daily to hurt less.At the forth stage you become forgiving so your choice is already made.

Someone always has to be the one to speak first, when both of you are wrong,” the Dowager said, “and I've never regretted being that person. So much better than letting things fester, even if the other person can't forgive.

Sorrow and guilt eat away at my heart. Forgive me, before they devour my soul too.