{"id":756,"date":"2014-02-03T23:54:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T23:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayinspiration\/?p=756"},"modified":"2014-02-03T23:57:19","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T23:57:19","slug":"forgiveness-quotes-that-will-free-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayinspiration\/2014\/02\/forgiveness-quotes-that-will-free-your-heart.html","title":{"rendered":"Forgiveness Quotes that will Free Your Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.” – Bryant H. McGill<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The purpose of forgiveness isn\u2019t to let the person who hurt you off the hook; it\u2019s about freeing yourself from the past so you can live more freely in the present. So, open your heart to the freedom forgiveness provides with these inspirational quotes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.\u201d – Mahatma Gandhi<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWhen you forgive, you in no way change the past – but you sure do change the future.\u201d – Bernard Meltzer<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cTo forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.\u201d – Lewis B. Smedes<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cYou can’t forgive without loving. And I don’t mean sentimentality. I don’t mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, ‘I forgive. I’m finished with it.’\u201d- Maya Angelou<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cForgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.\u201d – William Arthur Ward<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cA happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” – Robert Quillen<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWhen you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.” – Katherine Ponder<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cGenuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.” – Alice Duer Miller<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAs long as you don’t forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy a rent-free space in your mind.” – Isabelle Holland<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cTrue forgiveness is not an action after the fact, it is an attitude with which you enter each moment.\u201d – David Ridge<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cLet us forgive each other \u2013 only then will we live in peace.\u201d – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

About Alex Blackwell<\/a><\/h5>\n

Alex Blackwell<\/strong> is the author of Letting Go: 25 True Stories of Peace, Hope and Surrender<\/a><\/strong>, which includes 10 free Peace and Balance tools<\/a><\/strong>.
\nWeb<\/a> | Inspiring Things <\/a> | Free eBook: How to Love Consciously<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.” – Bryant H. McGill The purpose of forgiveness isn\u2019t to let the person who hurt you off the hook; it\u2019s about freeing yourself from the past so you can live more freely in the present. 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