Quotes about Peace
Forgiveness is a gift we give ourselves that allows us to get on with our lives instead of being trapped in the past by resentment.
— Rick Warren
Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself
— Bishop TD Jakes
Forgiveness is a favor we do for ourselves, not a favor we do to the other party.
— Harold S. Kushner
If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Forgiveness takes the burden of hate, guilt, and bitterness off your back and, with a lighter load, you can climb higher and faster, and be much happier in the process.
— Zig Ziglar
Forgiveness changes the way we remember. It converts the curse into a blessing. Forgiveness indeed heals memories...
— Henri Nouwen
Forgiveness is the ultimate preventive medicine, as well as the greatest healer.
— Marianne Williamson
To withhold forgiveness is to take poison and expect the unforgiven to die.
— St. Augustine
I learned that true forgiveness includes total acceptance.
— Catherine Marshall
Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
— Timothy Keller
I wrap the potential for bitterness, resentment, martyrdom in the blanket of forgiveness and just set it down. Then it just melts in the warmth. And goes away.
— Mary Anne Radmacher
Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.
— Oprah Winfrey