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Quotes About Forgiveness

To grant forgiveness to someone who has truly changed is not a way of condoning or forgetting his or her past crimes, but of acknowledging whom he or she has become.
~ Matthieu Ricard
Forgiveness is not something that you do for someone else; it's something you do for yourself, To forgive is not to condone, it is to refuse to continue feeling bad about an injury.
~ Jim Beaver
The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.
~ Lawana Blackwell
Best beauty tip is forgiveness for yourself and others
~ Jacqueline Bisset
Forgiveness is really a gift to yourself - have the compassion to forgive others, and the courage to forgive yourself.
~ Mary Anne Radmacher
In Lake Wobegon, we don't forget mistakes.
~ Garrison Keillor
Instead of jumping at the chance to be offended, choose to be amused. Rather than filling your thoughts with resentment, fill your heart with forgiveness.
~ Ralph Marston
Transition begins in forgiveness.
~ Marion Woodman
an act of forgiveness sets the victim apart from the perpetrator, who failed to act humanly towards the victim at the time he committed his crime.
~ Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Nobody will be able to forgive me but myself.
~ Ding Ling
It does not matter whether you are a theist or atheist, what matters is sincerity, forgiveness, and compassion.
~ Dalai Lama
Forgiveness takes the burden of hate, guilt, and bitterness off your back and, with a lighter load, you can climb higher and faster, and be much happier in the process.
~ Zig Ziglar
Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
~ Swami Vivekananda
Forgiveness changes the way we remember. It converts the curse into a blessing. Forgiveness indeed heals memories . . .
~ Henri Nouwen
You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day.
~ M. L. Stedman
Forgiveness is the ultimate preventive medicine, as well as the greatest healer.
~ Marianne Williamson
There is nothing that in the end, cannot be forgiven.
~ Vladimir Jankelevitch
Forgiveness is man's deepest need and highest achievement.
~ Horace Bushnell
How can we understand forgiveness if we haven't recognized the depth of our sin?
~ John Henry Newman
Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.
~ Corrie Ten Boom
Forgiveness is not a matter of who is right or wrong. It is a matter of doing the right thing.
~ Choa Kok Sui
To err is human, to forgive is divine.
~ Helen Prejean
We who oppose abortion do not oppose those who have had abortions; rather, we embrace them with forgiveness and peace.
~ Frank Pavone
Forgiveness is essential as the ultimate detox
~ Doreen Virtue