Forgiveness Quotes

"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 Hammarskjöld

"Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember."

— Barbara Kingsolver

"Forgiveness is a way of opening up the doors again and moving forward, whether it's a personal life or a national life."

— Hillary Clinton

"The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on."

— Tyler Perry

"It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed."

— P.D. James

"And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?"

— Khalil Gibran

"The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive."

— John Green

"Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now!"

— Joel Osteen

"Life is too short for long-term grudges."

— Elon Musk

"It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you."

— Tyler Perry

"It's best to be ruthless with the past."

— Stephen King

"It's too late to apologize for I have already forgiven you." -FitzChivalry Farseer"

— Robin Hobb

"Feel guilty. Mourn this. But move on. Don't let it destroy you. Forgive yourself."

— Richelle Mead

"We learn our lessons; we get hurt; we want revenge. Then we realize that actually, happiness and forgiving people is the best revenge."

— Madonna

"Her smile grew bitter as desert brine. "The gods may forgive Ista all day long. But if Ista does not forgive Ista, the gods may go hang themselves."

— Lois McMaster Bujold