50 Greatest Quotes About Forgiveness, Change and Moving On

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.com In an ideal world, we could snap our fingers and wipe away the anger, resentment or heartbreak that a person or situation may have caused us and just move on. Life doesnt seem to work out that way though and controlling our emotions can at times feel impossible. Forgiving and forgetting is almost always easier said than done. Often times its because we have valid reasons for the way we feel; a scheming coworker or manager, a jealous friend, a dissolving relationship, family or financial issues etc. Regardless of how right we may be, holding on to these feelings is what truly holds us back.
The quotes below arent about forgiving someone who doesnt deserve it or forgetting a situation you went through. Theyre about making peace with the past, learning from it, and recognizing the best is always yet to comeregardless of how you feel today.
1. The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest. The Weeknd 2. Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. Nelson Mandela 3. True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience. Oprah Winfrey 4. Life doesnt get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient. Steve Maraboli,
5. The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Stephen Szasz 6. Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive. Wm. Paul Young, 7. Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you are. Cherie Carter-Scott 8. Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. Anne Lamott 9. 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 10. The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world. Marianne Williamson 11. Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much. - Oscar Wilde 12. We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need it--because we need it. Bree Despain 13. If you want to make peace, you dont talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. Moshe Dayan 14. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi 15. "Forgiveness is me giving up my right to hurt you for hurting me." - Anonymous 16. "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 17. "Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast." - Marlene Dietrich 18. 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 19. In this life, when you deny someone an apology, you will remember it at time you beg forgiveness. Toba Beta 20. Forgiveness is God's greatest gift Dan Brown 21. Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on. 22. Criss Jami 23. 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 24. "Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life." - George MacDonald 25. "To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you." Louis B. Smedes 26. "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 27. "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness." - Robert Muller
28. "Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." Mark Twain 29. "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." Mahatma Gandhi 30. "Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting." - William Arthur Ward 31. "Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." - Paul Boese 32. "It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend." - William Blake 33. "If you can't forgive and forget, pick one." - Robert Brault 34. "He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass." George Herbert 35. "Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation." - Roberto Assagioli 36. "Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself." - Harriet Nelson 37. "Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge." - Isaac Friedmann 38. "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 39. "Life is an adventure in forgiveness." - Norman Cousins 40. "Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." - Hannah Arendt
41. "Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave." - Indira Gandhi 42. "Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on." - Alice Duer Miller 43. "As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy a rent-free space in your mind." - Isabelle Holland 44. "Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were." - Cherie Carter-Scott 45. "Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it." - Mason Cooley 46. "Only the brave know how to forgive. ... A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature." - Laurence Sterne 47. Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody. Stephen Chbosky 48. Forgiveness is the final form of love. Reinhold Niebuhr 49. 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 50. Its not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didnt do. All the things we should have done. Mitch Albom

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