Forgive Those That Hurt You Quotes

#1. You have to forgive yourself for your past mistakes, and you have to forgive those that hurt you for what they did to you, or you're never going to fully move on.

Jennifer Gracen

#2. When you forgive those that hurt you, they no longer have control over your future happiness. Their anger keeps them a prisoner to your past, while you enjoy the present.

Shannon L. Alder

#3. You can forgive someone almost anything. But you cannot tolerate everything ... We don't have to tolerate what people do just because we forgive them for doing it. Forgiving heals us personally. To tolerate everything only hurts us all in the long run.

Lewis B. Smedes

#4. Forgive means for get the hurt and give love.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#5. Here are our failures, and here is our greatness; we did not mean to hurt you, and we forgive you for our death.

Orson Scott Card

#6. You can forget what people said and did, but you never forget how they made you feel. You can forgive the people who hurt you, but you will remember what they taught you.

J.C. Reed

#7. To begin loving people today, we must close the door on the past. And that cannot happen without forgiveness! Forgive those who have hurt you - for your sake, not because they deserve it.

Rick Warren

#8. When you laugh at yourself, you gain perspective. Then you realize that the mistakes you made, as long as they didn't hurt anyone but yourself - well, you can forgive yourself for those.

Dean Koontz

#9. Before making a snap judgment, ask yourself if it really is something that has hurt you or simply just made you angry at yourself for allowing it to happen. It's amazing what 'sleeping on it' can do. A new day sees a new beginning.

Stephen Richards

#10. No, it didn't hurt anymore to think about Kestrel. He'd been a fool, but he'd had to forgive himself for worse. Sister, father, mother. As for Kestrel ... Arin had some clarity on who he was: the sort of person who trusted too blindly, who put his heart where it didn't belong.

Marie Rutkoski

#11. If you are a woman, you may need to forgive those whom you have loved or those who refused to love you; those who have hurt you, shamed you, and abandoned you; or those who left you scarred or wounded.

Iyanla Vanzant

#12. When we forgive, we free ourselves from the bitter ties that bind us to the one who hurt us.

Dave Pelzer

#13. Forgiveness does not mean that we will cease to hurt. The wounds are deep, and we may hurt for a very long time. Just because we continue to experience emotional pain does not mean that we failed to forgive.

Richard Foster

#14. We are often so convinced that we are so hurt and in pain, so much so that we opt not to forgive. Yet, as a consequence, that is what will make you weak!

Stephen Richards

#15. I'll never forgive myself for putting you in danger, allowing you to get hurt.

Faith Sullivan

#16. Your past doesn't have to follow you throughout your future,
Forgive, let go & move forward.

Tawana Beecham

#17. I think forgiveness is absolutely mandatory. When you don't forgive the only person you are hurting is yourself because you are still harboring the anger and the mental anguish.

John Assaraf