“Don't confuse forgiveness for forgetting. People who have been through a lot do not forget when people give them a glimpse at their true character.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“Only someone who can say 'I love you' is capable of saying 'I forgive you.'”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“I free myself from hatred through forgiveness and love. I understand that suffering, when it can't be avoided, is here to help me on my way to glory.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up to them. I also learned to forgive myself and correct my mistakes.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Forgiveness is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.com
“It’s time to forgive yourself for the people who walked away. For the ones who didn’t fight, for the ones who made you feel like you were not worthy of being loved the way you loved others. It’s time to forgive yourself for the way in which you trusted, the way in which you let them leave fingerprin…”— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.com
“Write everything down, pour your heart out in that journal and don’t stop until you feel free. Until you feel you’ve finally released all your thoughts and you can breathe easier. Then light the pages on fire and watch them burn in front of your eyes. Forget about them. Let the thoughts go. Forgive…”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“Let it all go with everything you have inside your chest, every piece of anxiety you’re holding on to and every ounce of anger you feel towards yourself along and the world. Just breathe it all out and let it disappear into the air. The tears that are forming in your eyes, let them freely run down y…”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“Forgiveness builds you. It builds you because it helps you erase negativity and instead embrace the good that’s all around you. Forgiveness blesses you. Forgiveness rescues you. Forgiveness strengthens you because it makes your heart a powerful weapon. In forgiving, you help the one that has hurt yo…”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“Forgiveness is one of those things that allows you to move forward. It allows you to grow. It allows you to no longer be affected by what has happened to you, and instead allows you to focus on things that make you happy.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“For some reason we think that having a guarded heart is strong. We believe that letting people in, that letting go is weak. But the truth is, learning to trust, to open, to forgive, and to release your pain—those are the strongest things you can do.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“I think I’ve forgiven people that haven’t deserved it. But I’m okay with that. I’m okay with that because my heart doesn’t hurt any longer. Because there’s no bitterness hidden deep in my chest. Because pain is only temporary, and I have chosen happiness. Because forgiveness taught me that I am stro…”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“I learned to love forgiveness. I learned that granting it gave me healing, that asking for it gave me humility and strength. I learned that we are all sinners, all a little broken, all looking for something to help us back on our feet again, all looking for someone to say that we’re doing alright, j…”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“Forgiveness has always felt like the most beautiful second chance. Like the answer to a prayer you didn’t know you were asking. Like freedom in a way you never imagined. Like a burden finally lifted from your tired shoulders.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“In the end, it seems to me that forgiveness may be the only realistic antidote we are offered in love, to combat the inescapable disappointments of intimacy.”— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com