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Quotes About Forgiveness

When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
~ George Herbert
Anger is the right response to something that is so wrong. But don't let the anger and pain and loss you feel prevent you from forgiving him and removing your hands from around his neck.
~ William P. Young
It is a strange form of anger, difficult to cure, when two friends turn upon each other in hatred.
~ Euripides
Anger is the poorest of counselors, and revenge is suicide.
~ Elizabeth Blair Lee
Anger would inflict punishment on another; meanwhile, it tortures itself.
~ Publilius Syrus
The only one you get even with is yourself.
~ Robert Mandel
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire.
~ Bill Crawford
A kiss on the nose does much toward turning aside anger.
~ Charles M. Schulz
Many of us have read about and talked about forgiveness, and we understand intellectually why it might benefit us to let go of anger toward others. But we hold on anyway.
~ Debbie Ford
A kinsman in trouble had to be saved, not blamed; anger against a brother was felt in the flesh, not in the bone.
~ Chinua Achebe
Like a cube of ice, anger cannot be eliminated by applying force, only by applying warmth, compassion and kindness.
~ Deepak Chopra
To forgive is indeed the best form of self-interest since anger, resentment, and revenge are corrosive of that summum bonum, the greatest good.
~ Desmond Tutu
Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
~ Anonymous
Wage of rage of revenge ain't worth it. What's the point of being enslaved by a slave?
~ Anonymous
Anger carries a person in your mind forever.The day U can stand in the room with some1 without being affected is the day you truly moved on
~ Unknown
Anger at lies lasts forever. Anger at truth can't last.
~ Greg Evans
Remember Grace, if you let anger into your heart, it will push out your ability to love.
~ Bree Despain, The Dark Divine
Real, lasting closure is never secured through retribution or retaliation.
~ Craig D. Lounsbrough
Do not let your anger lead to hatred, as you will hurt yourself more than you would the other.
~ Stephen Richards
Anger is one of the sinners of the soul.
~ Thomas Fuller
I still want to be angry, but I have to let my anger go.
~ Veronica Roth, Divergent
Give me your past, all your pain, all your anger, all your guilt. Release it to me, and I will be a safe harbor for the life you need to leave behind.
~ Jewel E. Ann, Releasing Me
To ease the pain, erase the anger.
~ Anthony Liccione