FORGIVENES QUOTES

Collection of Forgiveness Quotes - maybe you find some inspiration in this...

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.
Cherie Carter-Scott, "If Love Is a Game, These Are the Rules"

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)

Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and it might be wise to let them go along with your anger. Wish them well, and let them go their way.
Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, July 7, 2003

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Personal Conduct"

Pray you now, forget and forgive.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Lear", Act 4 scene 7

Lewis B. Smedes - Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don't Deserve

"Forgiveness is God's invention for coming to terms with a world in which, despite their best intentions, people are unfair to each other and hurt each other deeply. He began by forgiving us. And he invites us all to forgive each other."

"You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well."

"Forgiveness has nothing to do with forgetting.A wounded person cannot--indeed, should not--think that a faded memory can provide an expiation of the past. To forgive, one must remember the past, put it into perspective, and move beyond it. Without remembrance, no wound can be transcended."

"Forgiveness is a rebirth of hope, a reorganization of thought, and a reconstruction of dreams. Once forgiving begins, dreams can be rebuilt. When forgiving is complete, meaning has been extracted from the worst of experiences and used to create a new set of moral rules and a new interpretation of life's events."

"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you."

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. Hannah More

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. Hannah Arendt

Forgiveness means letting go of the past. Gerald Jampolsky