Forgiveness Quotes

Quotes about Forgiveness

• I can forgive, but I cannot forget" is only another way of saying, "I will not forgive." Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note - torn in two and burned up so that it never can be shown against one. Henry Ward Beecher
• Not forgiving someone is like you drinking the poison and expecting the other person to die. 
• Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realizing you were the prisoner. Max Lucado
• If your life is not all you want it to be, it may be that you have some forgiving to do.
• Forgive your enemies. It messes with their heads.
• Forgiveness doesn't make the other person right, it makes you free. Stormie Omartian 
• Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Forgiveness is the fragrance that a flower leaves upon the heel that crushes it.
• He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life. Johann K. Lavater
• How can we understand forgiveness if we haven't recognized the depth of our sin? John Henry Newman 
• Oh forgive us Lord, for so often we seek the things in your hand rather than the things of your heart.
• The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world. Marianne Williamson 
• There is a hard law… When an injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive. Alan Paton
• True forgiveness is not an action after the fact, it is an attitude with which you enter each moment. David Ridge
• 1 TREE + 3 NAILS = 4 GIVEN
• Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. Suzanne Somers
• He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven, for everyone has need to be forgiven. George Herbert
• He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass! Scott Nicholson