Top 100 Healing Forgiveness Quotes
#1. I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. Hate is self destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate, you're hurting yourself. It's a healing, actually, it's a real healing ... forgiveness.
Louis Zamperini
#2. Forgiveness, no matter your motive, is a dynamic of mutual healing.
Bryant McGill
#3. 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
#4. Pain can cause us to learn no end of lessons, but without resolution there can be no healing!
Stephen Richards
#6. By understanding the basic impediments to forgiveness, the repercussions of failing to forgive and the fruits of forgiveness, this will lead you gently to the shoreline of a distinct new and more powerful YOU.
Stephen Richards
#7. When you make up your mind to forgive, your happiness will almost automatically follow.
Stephen Richards
#8. All the resentment that lies in your heart is simply causing damage to you mostly.
Stephen Richards
#9. I am a firm believer in living as if there were no such thing as a secret. If we hide our sins and live in darkness, we will never get the healing we so desperately need; in fact, if it is hidden so well that we don't even recognize it, we may never even find forgiveness.
Ted Haggard
#11. The Aramaic word for "forgive" means literally to "untie." Hatred and anger had bound me to my pain. The fastest way to free the self from an enemy and all associated negativity is to forgive. Untie those bindings; free yourself from that person's ugliness.
Sharon E. Rainey
#12. If you feel like a failure in any area of your life, then you are in need of some self-forgiveness.
Yancy Lael
#13. When you forgive, it does not mean that you have submitted, it simply means that you have made a choice to stop bearing any grudge.
Stephen Richards
#14. Forgiveness has to be repeated, the bible says seventy times seven.
Max Patrick
#15. Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful. (79)
Stephen Levine
#17. As human beings, we are custom made to be happy. Why then would we want to change the order of things by not being happy?
Stephen Richards
#18. Blaming other people inevitably makes us blame ourselves because if we are pointing the finger at someone, practically, we are pointing it at ourselves as well.
Stephen Richards
#19. Always pass a plate of forgiveness before each verbal feast.
Anabel Jensen
#20. Do the forgiveness and carry on going forward. Leave the worrying to the other person. Eat what is on your plate and leave the rest to them.
Stephen Richards
#21. In Christ's grace, there is freedom to be honest and transparent. When we embrace that security and freedom, then we end up pointing others to the only Source of healing and forgiveness.
Matt Chandler
#22. One of the great healing balms of the Holy Spirit is forgiveness. To forgive is to break the link between you and your past.
T.D. Jakes
#23. Forgiveness was a trait that Jesus preached about. It was not a destination to achieve but a starting point in the journey required for healing.
Sarah Price
#24. Simply touching a difficult memory with some slight willingness to heal begins to soften the holding and tension around it. (74)
Stephen Levine
#25. The world is full of victims; don't add to the growing culture of "I've a story to tell", well not unless it's a story to help others overcome situations or as a warning.
Stephen Richards
#26. We ask for forgiveness. And we forgive others who ask us. In that way we can experience healing, healing in our souls.
Ed Dobson
#27. Forgiveness is essential to health, growth, and healing.
Lee L Jampolsky
#28. The question is: do you want suffering or do you want peace? It's that simple.
Donna Goddard
#29. Always give with love and compassion
without guilt, bitterness or an empty feeling
Open your hearts to those who suffer
and show forgiveness and understanding
To a world which needs healing.
Now it Begins
Gary Markwick
#30. The moment we become forgivers, then we are in line to enjoy the benefits of forgiveness.
Stephen Richards
#31. Deep down inside, each of us knows what our truths are. It is forgivable to lose them ... It is unforgivable not to reclaim them.
Holli Kenley
#32. Sophisticated meditative disciplines, healing practices, cognitive and emotional trainings, conflict resolution techniques - he used them all to awaken his visitors to their own qualities of integrity, equanimity, gratitude, and forgiveness.
Jack Kornfield
#33. Forgiveness has the ability to transform our thoughts.
Asa Don Brown
#34. The most basic method one can use to let go of the past is by looking at it as a learning experience.
Stephen Richards
#36. Everything that has ever been beautiful has been burned. Like you.
Holly Lynn Payne
#37. Due to the need to co-exist with these inhuman and inconsiderate people, we will obviously be disturbed by their acts; something which if we look at closely actually means that we too could be affecting some other people negatively every once in a while.
Stephen Richards
#38. I am speaking from experience when I say that forgiveness offered - especially when so undeserved - cuts chains off the human heart that no other power in any universe anywhere can rattle much less break.
Charles Martin
#39. Overly playing the role of the victim can debar you from accepting responsibility for your actions and emotions.
Stephen Richards
#40. The practice of forgiving is a sequential practice that begins with excusing someone.
Stephen Richards
#41. Forgiveness is not simply a single act, it is a full process.
Stephen Richards
#42. I used to think that forgetting was the path to healing, the path to forgiveness. But I was wrong.
Kim Askew
#43. Someone's forgiveness will not heal you; condemnation or absolution is their test, not yours.
Bryant McGill
#44. truly accepting love, forgiveness, and healing is often much harder than giving it.
Henri J.M. Nouwen
#45. Forgiveness is the intentional act or process of pardoning or offering absolution unto another.
Asa Don Brown
#46. She had been so vulnerable, and Norah wanted only to protect her. But that vulnerability was tied to a massive mistake, a perception of herself too damaged to love. If Norah got anything from this book, it's that we're all damaged. The tragedy is letting it define you.
Ellen Meister
#47. You are not, though, forgiving so as to let others off with things. You are forgiving so that you can empower yourself to get over it and become strong.
Stephen Richards
#48. The idea of forgiveness is a journey that requires patience. If the journey of forgiveness is well travelled, there is a chance that we are bound to change in a very helpful way.
Stephen Richards
#49. He doesn't hurt us anymore."
Of course he doesn't hurt you anymore, I think. You're not defenseless anymore.
Melanie O'Shea
#50. Forgiveness leads to a shift in perception. It transforms the hurt into healing.
Iyanla Vanzant
#51. By seizing every opportunity for kindness, forgiveness, healing, and love that crosses my path each day, I hope that my death, although perhaps sad for some, will be gracefully concluded.
Lisa J. Shultz
#53. Letting go of the past, is like opening the flood gates of healing to be set free.
Asa Don Brown
#54. The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
Marianne Williamson
#55. In our own ways, we are all broken. Out of that brokenness, we hurt others. Forgiveness is the journey we take toward healing the broken parts. It is how we become whole again.
Desmond Tutu
#57. Achieving true sobriety goes beyond abstinence. it's also about healing your soul, apologizing for damage you did to other, and seeking forgiveness.
Lou Gramm
#58. Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
Sharon Salzberg
#61. Forgiveness begins the healing process - when you forgive God, life, yourself and other people - magic happens within. That's why every religion talks about forgiveness.
Brandon Bays
#62. We may not know how to forgive, and we may not want to forgive; but the very fact we say we are willing to forgive begins the healing practice.
Louise Hay
#63. The only thing that will make us remain glued to being the victim is our failure to handle the emotions that we go through and the pain that overcomes us.
Stephen Richards
#64. The purpose of forgiveness is not to make sure that someone ends up changing into what you expect them to be, as this is dominance. The purpose is actually to make your own life better, more worthy and less stressful. Forgiveness reduces the hold that the wrongdoer has over you and empowers you.
Stephen Richards
#65. One has to beckon the spiritual warrior inside oneself whenever it is deemed necessary for the task at hand. Courage is the fuel. Healing is the direction. Forgiveness is the balm. Love is the atmosphere Divine.
Donna Goddard
#66. If there ever was someone who had a control over you, someone who could cause you the greatest pain, someone who could ignore your most necessary requirements and someone for whom forgiveness were truly difficult to render, that person is none other than YOU.
Stephen Richards
#67. Coming home seemed to have started the healing process. No longer vivid and garish, the memories seemed to be covered in gossemer, fading behind a curtain of time and forgiveness.
Karen Fowler
#68. The moment we see beyond our personal desires to be felt sympathy for, that is the time we can actually start the journey to that final destination of true forgiveness.
Stephen Richards
#70. If we studied the issue of forgiveness with a wider perspective, we are bound to opt for it after all.
Stephen Richards
#71. By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing.
Caroline Myss
#72. Forgiveness is healing - everything is energy - thoughts create - we are all connected - what you resist persists - true love never dies - the soul's immortality is the only true immortality -
Alyson Noel
#73. You would be surprised at the healing power of a simple "I love you" from a dying parent to a child or vice versa. This is not always easy, of course, yet a lifetime of mistakes can be undone through forgiveness even at the end of a life.
Alberto Villoldo
#76. The minute we put aside our self-righteousness and move away from being the aggrieved, then we are on a healing process.
Stephen Richards
#77. Assuming you are still lost in thought about when exactly you should forgive someone, well the time is NOW.
Stephen Richards
#79. Forgiveness does carry with it numerous obstacles and one may well be surprised why many people find it a very difficult hurdle to jump over.
Stephen Richards
#81. The idea of always wanting to be the victim in circumstances where you have been offended is a common human trait. Each person wants to be viewed as the aggrieved party.
Stephen Richards
#82. Distancing yourself from some painful event is probably the ignition for the process of forgiveness.
Stephen Richards
#83. Though our childhood abuse left us feeling someone ought to make reparation to us, if we wait a lifetime for that, we may never receive what we need. We choose instead to face the idea that from now on, we are going to take responsibility for caring for ourselves.
Maureen Brady
#84. When you forgive, you are freed from some of the feelings of disapproval and it can contribute to lessening your negative thoughts.
Stephen Richards
#86. No matter how dark life can be, it's how we react to it that matters. Love & forgiveness instead of hate and fear, create in us a garden of healing.
Kathy Goodhew
#87. Receiving forgiveness requires a total willingness to let God be God and do all the healing, restoring, and renewing.
Henri J.M. Nouwen
#88. There's something called the physiology of forgiveness. Being unable to forgive other people's faults is harmful to one's health.
Herbert Benson
#89. Healing begins when we humble ourselves and go to one another asking for forgiveness.
Susan Alexander Yates
#90. In the process of forgiveness, you can only control your own actions and decisions.
Stephen Richards
#91. Forgiveness is the key to happiness, and there is great healing that comes from going through the journey of forgiveness.
Sam Gupta
#92. Virtually all women will always carry the scars and a deep sense of loss and grief from the betrayal. Whether a woman has stayed, left, or been left, it must be remembered that time is the salve on this journey towards forgiveness and healing, because it is also a process of grieving.
Meryn G. Callander
#93. To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing.
Sylvia Fraser
#94. The conscience is the tool that God the Holy Spirit uses to convict us, bring us to repentance, and to receive the healing of forgiveness that flows from the gospel.
R.C. Sproul
#95. Do not allow yourself to be pulled into the role of embracing victimship as some sort of badge of honor to wear or flash around at any opportunity.
Stephen Richards
#96. A word of forgiveness, not to mention love, goes a long way toward healing the soul.
Diane Owens Prettyman
#97. The pain you have gone through will give you the strength of character to come through it all, so long as you learn from what you have suffered then it was not suffering at all.
Stephen Richards
#98. Sin is more than a stain. Sin is a wound; it needs to be treated, healed. The place where my encounter with the mercy of Jesus takes place is my sin.
Pope Francis
#100. Atonement is a journey of healing that moves from the pain between a victim and an oppressor, through forgiveness, the making of amends, the relief of anger and compassion for the victim, to deep reconciliation.
Phil Cousineau
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