3,711 Quotes About Forgiveness

We forgive but not forgotten

Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die.

When I learned to forgive, it was like a million pounds were lifted from me.

If the will remains in protest, it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against.

We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of others and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us.

Sometimes we can take offense so easily. On other occasions we are too stubborn to accept a sincere apology. Who will subordinate ego, pride, and hurt-then step forward with 'I am truly sorry! Let's be as we once were: friends. Let's not pass to future generations the grievances, the anger of our time'? Let's remove any hidden wedges that can do nothing but destroy.

So with this Earthly Paradise it is, If ye will read aright, and pardon me, Who strive to build a shadowy isle of bliss Midmost the beating of the steely sea...

My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people.

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.