“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.”— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com
“She forgives very easily. Even in cases of insults from the man, she will forgive him very fast, in order to keep him by her side.”— Jack, needymen.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
“We can't really affect the circumstances on what does happen to us, but we can affect how we respond to it. And I thought that it was important for us to be able to forgive and to move on. Because if we devolve with it, you can imagine the anger and hurt that you continue to have.”— Vivian Stringer, amazon.com