Demand Quote by Lewis B. Smedes

Forgiveness isn't something we do for other people. We do it for ourselves to get well and move on.

— Nikhil Saluja

Forgiveness is not something we always do for other people. Sometimes we do it for ourselves to get well and MOVE ON.

— Kemmy Nola

There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy. For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over…

— C. S. Lewis

Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them…

— Sara Paddison

“Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.”

— Sharon Salzberg

After all, the only way to communicate is to find someone who can comprehend; the only way to be forgiven is to find someone…

— Jodi Picoult

Often when someone apologizes - like a parent who says to a child, "I'm very sorry I neglected you when you were a kid"…

— Harriet Lerner

Forgiveness is attention without judgment. It heals the one who forgives and the one who is forgiven.

— Deepak Chopra

While it may not be a simple act, offering forgiveness not only has the power to heal relationships, it strengthens the well-being of those…

— Debbie Macomber

If we forgive other people, our hearts are made fit to receive forgiveness.

— Corrie Ten Boom

Forgiveness doesn't excuse their behavior. Forgiveness prevents their behavior from destroying your heart.

— Hemant Smarty

Only if you first seek inner forgiveness will your confrontation be temperate, wise, and gracious. Only when you have lost the need to see…

— Timothy Keller