Forgive Quotes

Forgiveness is not the act of doing nothing to the one who hurts you. It's easy to do nothing, but hard to forgive.

Those who achieve the extraordinary are usually the most ordinary because they have nothing to prove to anybody. Be Humble.

May the dead forgive me, I can do no otherBut as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene, Antigone (The Theban Plays) by Sophocles

We have to figure out how to let go, and forgive. This is our job

To forgive is to be free from past resentment to welcome the dawn of peace.

Saying sorry doesn't mean there isn't guilt & forgiving doesn't mean that the pain is gone.

God doesn’t care how well you can preach about forgiveness… what He looks at is your behavior when presented the opportunity to practice it.

My nature has always been to fight. My faith forces me to forgive.

Life shows us all colours, some bright and some shades of grey,Some accept with a smile, while some frown in every wayThoughts and memories never end but life does one day.Whole age passes by in wait of that old time to return,But those old days once gone, will never come back again,Rather we can just cherish them in the memories that burn,In the back of our mind and make us remember,How we used to be so crazy,In those old days…

Every time we choose our past over our present we kill our future.

Raise your love so high that anger cannot reach it.

Choose forgiveness not revenge , choose unity in diversity , choose equality and seeing everyone's value , choose to love even if undeserved , choose life even when you feel like it's out of reach ,choose to have hope when the circumstances might scream despair, choose according to His word and not what people would prefer. ‪#‎chooseHisway‬

It had been years since she question his fidelity, but he'd stepped on to the old fame track again, and that was where the road had taken them before. Infidelity could be forgiven, but forgetting it was impossible. Strangely, that wasn't what bothered her the most. What bothered her was that she didn't really care.

Speak with silence, listen with heart, and forgive with kindness.

Kindness: a waltz with forgiveness and hope.

Love is an active word.

No second chances. It's not so much about morality, but about my inability to forgive. I am a champion grudge holder, and I don't think I could change this about myself even if I wanted to.

2 All of Me Be Gentle My Friend Be gentle with yourself, forgive yourself for mistakes, don’t expect to be perfect just get moving, and keep putting one foot in front of the other Love *** *

Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.

Those who are difficult to love, are difficult to love because they have gone through difficult things which have made them the way they are. What you need to do is to forgive, what they need is your love.

Why do you want to fight and win when you were born to understand and forgive? When you forgive, you always win.

Relationships without a Divine Aim always "break up," for they are based on nothing. Divine Purpose could be described as forgiveness -- the undoing and releasing of the ego. Belief in the ego prevents awareness of True Union and Intimacy. The underlying fear of Intimacy and Union is the ego's fear of loss of itself, the 'personal self' and the 'personal world.

We are often so convinced that we are so hurt and in pain, so much so that we opt not to forgive. Yet, as a consequence, that is what will make you weak!

We will never forgive and we will never forget.

Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.

In marriage, everyday you love,and everyday you forgive.It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness

While you were busy trying to prove God stands behind you, God was before me lighting the trail, so he could lead us both.

If you do not forgive, you are demanding something your offender does not choose to give, even if it is only confession of what he did. This "ties" him to you and ruins boundaries. Let the dysfunctional family you came from go. Cut it loose, and you will be free.

The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.

Forgive and forget is the divine ideal. Grappling with the hurt while biting your tongue and struggling to refuse justifiable vengeance―that's closer to human reality.

When we forgive, we're saying to our heart that we are ready to move on.

Assuming you are still lost in thought about when exactly you should forgive someone, well the time is NOW.

The purpose of forgiveness is not to make sure that someone ends up changing into what you expect them to be, as this is dominance. The purpose is actually to make your own life better, more worthy and less stressful. Forgiveness reduces the hold that the wrongdoer has over you and empowers you.

When you forgive, you free your soul. But when you say I'm sorry, you free two souls.

Self-realization, which leads to purity of the soul, requires forgiving our enemies and working on the most horrendous modules of oneself.

Don't allow unforgiveness to make you unhappy.

Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.

The most compassionate and peaceful thing you can do for yourself and others is to let go of the past, let go of the anger, let go of trying to hurt people that wronged you. There are thousands of people dying from cancer that wish they had someone to care about them and be with them during their final days. There are children being sold into sex trafficking and are hoping someone would rescue them. There are homeless people that wish they had something warm to wear or eat. There is an entire species being wiped out because not enough people care about our oceans. Today, remember that there is someone praying for the very things you take for granted. Spend your effort where God needs you to be--on the front lines of the war on earth, not on the battlefields of the past.

Power does not pardon, power punishes.

Always ask yourself: "What will happen if I say nothing?

The truth is, forgiving is a rather simple concept to grasp. It is often imagined that when you forgive, you have to reconcile with someone and yet this is a larger team in which forgiveness is just a player.

Self love and forgiveness is a liberation.

To forgive is a solemn tussle between love and hate

To heal, love.To understand, feel.To let go, forgive.To care, be kind.

Forgiveness for ourselves and other is one of the main elements in growth. It allows us to free ourselves of the issues that are holding us down.

O, weary angels, don’t look at me with those eyes.If that is your state then what of our cries?What can I tell you of goodness that you don’t already know?What can I tell you of faith,of hope and lovethat you yourselves bestow?O, angels, don’t pluck another feather,this isn’t the sky, it’s just the weather.Please, angels, try.We are one all together.Look up and listen, I’ll say it once and then put down my pen:We are sorry for our ignoranceand even though we are worldly,it might happen again.We are sorry for your wearinessand even though you aren’t worldly,we are no more than human.

Truth is never a straight line; it is a circle that will take you back to what you know, in order to challenge your belief in what is fair, what is real, what is forgiveable, what is not and what type of person will you become today now that you know.

Explore, Experience, Then Push Beyond.

Forgive, Adapt and Evolve, because holding on stagnates your opportunity of being better.

If you didn't earn something, it's not worth flaunting.

Even if you feel wronged, respond right.

Distancing yourself from some painful event is probably the ignition for the process of forgiveness.

Forgive everyone. Forgive every misery and misfortune with love.

May the dead forgive me, I can do no otherBut as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene

Love the sinner and hate the sin.

The heavenly Father first forgive us our sins for the love of fellowship.

While it is good to apologize and ask forgiveness from God, it’s just as important (perhaps more so) to extend it towards the person you wronged. Becoming a better person or trying to make amends with the universe only works when you start with the one you owe it to.

Just because you've made mistakes doesn't mean your mistakes get to make you. Take notice of your inner critic, forgive yourself, and move on.

In the very end, all we have left to atone for our faults are words.

We invent what we need to get us by, but in doing so we are really continuing to hold on to the pain of yesterday.