Forgiveness Quotes

“Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.”
Oscar Wilde

"The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves." -- Chinese proverb

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”
Lewis B. Smedes

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
Mahatma Gandhi

Forgo your anger for a moment and save yourself a hundred days of trouble.
Chinese proverb

“Forgiveness means letting go of the past.”
Gerald Jampolsky

"We cannot change the past, but we can change our attitude toward it. Uproot guilt and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility. Exchange love for hate --- thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising."
Maya Angelou

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none.
Seneca

"Forgiveness and reconciliation are not just ethereal, spiritual, other-worldly activities. They have to do with the real world. They are realpolitik, because in a very real sense, without forgiveness, there is no future."
Desmond Tutu

"Until recently, the tools of science have not been employed to investigate forgiveness. The new wave of research we've begun, however, has the potential to reveal the profound value of forgiveness in our lives -- information that could reduce human misery and increase the quality of life worldwide."
-- Everett L. Worthington, Jr.

Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves.
Thich Nhat Hanh

When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Confucius

“Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.”
Lawana Blackwell

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.”
Thomas Szasz

“When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.”
Alan Paton

“We achieve inner health only through forgiveness - the forgiveness not only of others but also of ourselves”
Joshua Liebman

“Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.