Famous Quote About Forgiveness and Letting Go

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Famous Quote About Forgiveness and Letting Go

Let’s face it: Forgiving others (and yourself) is sometimes easier said than done. However, it doesn’t have to be. 

1. Forgiveness will not be possible until compassion is born in your heart. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
2. Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. ~ Isaac Friedmann
3. Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself. ~ Harriet Nelson
4. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
5. Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. ~ Oscar Wilde
6. Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. ~ Mark Twain
7. Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. ~ William Arthur Ward
8. When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. ~ Alexander Graham Bell
9. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. ~ Paul Boese
10. All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. ~ Havelock Ellis
11. Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. ~ Roberto Assagioli
12. Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. ~ John F. Kennedy
13. To err is human; to forgive, divine. ~ Alexander Pope
14. Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
15. To understand is to forgive, even oneself. ~ Alexander Chase
16. In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you love? How deeply did you learn to let go? ~ Buddha
17. Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. ~ Zen Proverb
18. The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself. ~ Confucius
19. It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. ~ Jessamyn West
20. Do as the heavens have done, forget your evil; With them forgive yourself. ~ William Shakespeare
21. The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ~ Thomas Szasz
22. Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. ~ Ausonius
23. To err is human; to forgive, infrequent. ~ Franklin P. Adams
24. 'Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive. ~ John Sheffield
25. If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others? ~ Dolores Huerta
26. Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives. ~ Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark
27. The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart, far more damaging to yourself than to them. ~ Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark
28. Life is an adventure in forgiveness. ~ Norman Cousins
29. The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ~ Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin, "Personal Conduct"
30. A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account. ~ W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
31. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. ~ William Blake