1. Because Forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you’ve closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.
– Desmond Tutu
2. Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
– George MacDonald
3. Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.
– Jewel
4. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
– Hannah Arendt
5. Forgiveness is the final form of love. – Reinhold Niebuhr
6. We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it’s absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
– T. D. Jakes
7. Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
– Marianne Williamson
8. We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.
– Frederick William Robertson
9. To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
– Lewis B. Smedes
10. To understand is to forgive, even oneself. – Alexander Chase
11. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
12. How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
– Publilius Syrus
13. My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.
– Janine Turner
14. I believe forgiveness is the best form of love in any relationship. It takes a strong person to say they’re sorry and an even stronger person to forgive.
– Yolanda Hadid
15. Forgiveness isn’t just a blessing you deliver to another human being. Forgiveness is also a gift you give yourself. – Robin S. Sharma
16. There is freedom in forgiveness, and it’s not that hard to do once you get into the habit.
– Dana Perino
17. Forgiveness provides hope, joy, and a bright future that nothing else can.
– Paul J. Meyer
18. Choosing forgiveness opens the door of your heart and makes way for a miracle in your life.
– Victoria Osteen
19. Forgiveness for one’s self is the only way we can keep going through life and give ourselves the best chance at being the best people we can be.
– Yolanda Hadid
20. Life is life. You have to learn how to forgive people and how to gain forgiveness for yourself.
– Benjamin Clementine
