These forgiveness quotes will help you let go of the past and not allow anger to poison your heart.
Forgiveness is a difficult emotion for so many of us. Due to too much hate and anger inside us, we find it almost impossible in some situations to let go of the past, or move on from the wrongs that others have done to us.
However, it is through forgiving and letting go of those perceived injustices that truly allows us to be free.
Below is our collection of inspirational, wise, and powerful forgiveness quotes, forgiveness sayings, and forgiveness proverbs on how we can start that process.
Forgiveness Quotes About Life
1.) “Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge.” ― Isaac Friedmann
2.) “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” ― Mahatma Gandhi, All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
3.) “It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.” ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
4.) “When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.” ― Katherine Ponder
5.) “Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
6.) “Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.” ― Louis B. Smedes
7.) “Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
Forgive Yourself Quotes
8.) “Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.” ― Harriet Nelson
9.) “Forgiveness has nothing to do with absolving a criminal of his crime. It has everything to do with relieving oneself of the burden of being a victim–letting go of the pain and transforming oneself from victim to survivor.” ― C.R. Strahan
10.) “I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.” ― C.S. Lewis
11.) “Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.” ― Anne Lamott
12.) “Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.” ― Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile
13.) “There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.” ― Bryant H. McGill
14.) “Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.” ― Wm. Paul Young, The Shack
15.) “Life is an adventure in forgiveness.” ― Norman Cousins
16.) “Always forgive, but never forget, else you will be a prisoner of your own hatred, and doomed to repeat your mistakes forever.” ― Wil Zeus, Sun Beyond the Clouds
17.) “I have learned, that the person I have to ask for forgiveness from the most is: myself. You must love yourself. You have to forgive yourself, every day, whenever you remember a shortcoming, a flaw, you have to tell yourself “That’s just fine”. You have to forgive yourself so much, until you don’t even see those things anymore. Because that’s what love is like.” ― C. JoyBell C.
Forgiveness Quotes on Friendship
18.) “Without forgiveness life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.” ― Roberto Assagioli
19.) “Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you are.” ― Cherie Carter-Scott
20.) “Can I be forgiven for all I’ve done to get here? I want to be. I can. I believe it.” ― Veronica Roth, Allegiant
21.) “A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” ― Robert Quillen
22.) “Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.” ― Robert Jordan
23.) “I want to be the kind of person who can do that. Move on and forgive people and be healthy and happy. It seems like an easy thing to do in my head. But it’s not so easy when you try it in real life.” ― Susane Colasanti, Waiting for You
24.) “Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.” ― Hannah Arendt
25.) “Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.” ― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council
Forgiveness Quotes on Love
26.) “He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.” ― George Herbert
27.) “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” ― Nelson Mandela
28.) “Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.” ― Emma Goldman
29.) “What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.”
30.) “Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.” ― Corrie ten Boom, Clippings from My Notebook
31.) “Forgiveness is me giving up my right to hurt you for hurting me.” – Anonymous
32.) “I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
33.) “Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.” ― Indira Gandhi
34.) “As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
35.) “Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, because hate in your heart will consume you too.” ― Will Smith
More Forgiveness Quotes on Life
36.) “If you can’t forgive and forget, pick one.” ― Robert Brault
37.) “A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.” ― William Arthur Ward
38.) “People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway.”
39.) “Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
40.) “Sincere forgiveness isn’t colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don’t worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time-just like it does for you and me.” ― Sara Paddison
41.) “To err is human, to forgive, divine.” ― Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism
42.) “Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.” ― Alice Duer Miller
43.) “The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.” ― Marianne Williamson
44.) “We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward.” ― Alison Croggon
Quotes on Forgiving Others
45.) “It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” ― William Blake
46.) “I guess forgiveness, like happiness, isn’t a final destination. You don’t one day get there and get to stay.” ― Deb Caletti
47.) “The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway.
48.) “To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.” ― G.K. Chesterton
49.) “Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.” ― Marlene Dietrich
50.) “One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.” ― Rita Mae Brown
51.) “As long as you don’t forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy a rent-free space in your mind.” ― Isabelle Holland
52.) “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” ― Abraham Lincoln
53.) “These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one’s self. To mind one’s own business. Not to want to manage other people’s affairs. To avoid curiosity. To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully. To pass over the mistakes of others. To accept insults and injuries. To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked. To be kind and gentle even under provocation. Never to stand on one’s dignity. To choose always the hardest.” ― Mother Teresa, The Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living
54.) “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” ― Paul Boese
Forgiveness Quotes for Lovers
55.) “I’m sorry about yesterday,” she said. He hung on to his straps and shrugged. “Yesterday happens.” ― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
56.) “Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.”
57.) “Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.” ― Henri J.M. Nouwen
58.) “Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.” ― George MacDonald
59.) “Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.” ― Corrie ten Boom
60.) “Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.” ― Gautama Buddha, The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha
61.) “Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.” ― Cherie Carter-Scott
62.) “People have to forgive. We don’t have to like them, we don’t have to be friends with them, we don’t have to send them hearts in text messages, but we have to forgive them, to overlook, to forget. Because if we don’t we are tying rocks to our feet, too much for our wings to carry!” ― C. JoyBell C.
63.) “If he can’t handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person’s soul.” ― Shannon L. Alder, 300 Questions LDS Couples Should Ask Before Marriage
Quotes about Forgiveness in Life
64.) “Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.” ― William Arthur Ward
65.) “The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.”
66.) “The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” ― Thomas Szasz
67.) “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” ― Louis B. Smedes
68.) “We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness. ” ― Ellen Goodman
69.) “Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.” ― Gerald G. Jampolsky, Love Is Letting Go of Fear
70.) “Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.” ― Mason Cooley
71.) “Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record.” ― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
Quotes about Forgiveness in Friendship
72.) “If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.”
73.) “Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.” ― Marvin J. Ashton
74.) “We are all on a life long journey and the core of its meaning, the terrible demand of its centrality is forgiving and being forgiven.” ― Martha Kilpatrick
75.) “This is one of my favorites: “True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.” ― Oprah Winfrey
76.) “Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day’s chalking.” ― Frederick Buechner, The Alphabet of Grace
77.) “Only the brave know how to forgive. … A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.” – Laurence Sterne
78.) “What I cannot love, I overlook.” ― Anaïs Nin
79.) “Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.” ― Oscar Wilde
Quotes about Forgiveness with Love
80.) “Sometimes you just have to regret things and move on.” ― Charlaine Harris
81.) “If you do well, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do well anyway.”
82.) “As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.” ― Nelson Mandela
83.) “To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.” ― Robert Muller
84.) “Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever,- One foot in sea and one on shore, To one thing constant never.” ― William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing
85.) “A broken friendship that is mended through forgiveness can be even stronger than it once was.” ― Stephen Richards, Forgiveness and Love Conquers All: Healing the Emotional Self
86.) “People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway.”
87.) “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.” ― Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
88.) “Last night I lost the world, and gained the universe.” ― C. JoyBell C.
Did you enjoy these forgiveness quotes
Now that you know how to go about feeling and showing true forgiveness, the weight can be lifted off of you, and the life you had imagined for yourself lies in front of you…grudge free.
Which quotes about forgiveness were your favorite? What other forgiveness quotes would you add to the list? Let us know in the comment section below.
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