Quotations about Forgiveness

"Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting." ~William A. Ward

"A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers." ~Robert Quillen

"Forgiveness is the final form of love." ~Reinhold Niebuhr

"Forgive yourself and forgive others around you." ~Raven Symoné

"Forgive yourself first. Let go of past hurts and direct your spirit to goodness and hope by having gratitude." ~Janet Taylor, M.D.

"Forgive the person who has caused the most pain in your life and it will make you feel better." ~Suzanne Sommers

"One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget." ~Franklin P. Jones

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." ~Paul Boese

"Learn to forgive yourself and move on." ~Helene Gayle

"Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself."  ~Harriet Nelson

"A stiff apology is a second insult.... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt."  ~G.K. Chesterton

"Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were." ~Cherie Carter-Scott

"Forgiveness means that you've decided not to let it keep festering inside even if it only comes up once in awhile." ~Doc Childre and Howard Martin

"There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness." ~Josh Billings

"To err is human; to forgive, divine." ~Alexander Pope

"Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again." ~Dag Hammarskjold

"Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love." ~Mahatma Gandhi

"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