„Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don't assume that it's too late to get involved.“

„forgive yourself for what you aren't able to do,
the ones who aren't able to acknowledge their ownselves are bound to fail“

—  Masashi Kishimoto, buch Naruto

„Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.“

—  Oprah Winfrey American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist 1954

„Forgiving isn't something you do for someone else. It's something you do for yourself. It's saying, 'You're not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.' It's saying, 'You don't get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future.“

—  Jodi Picoult, buch The Storyteller

„But life isn’t about learning to forgive those who have hurt you or forgetting your past. It’s about learning to forgive yourself for being human and making mistakes.“

—  Sherrilyn Kenyon Novelist 1965

„Those who forgive themselves and are able to accept their real nature, they are the strong ones.“

—  Masashi Kishimoto, buch Naruto

„If you could not accept the past and its burden, there was no future, for without one there cannot be the other, and […] if you could accept the past you might hope for the future, for only out of the past can you make the future.“

—  Robert Penn Warren, buch All the King's Men

„Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.“

—  Morrie Schwartz American sociologist 1916 - 1995

„Therefore, dark past,
I’m about to do it.
I’m about to forgive you

for everything.“

—  Mary Oliver American writer 1935 - 2019

„You don't need a reason to forgive… If you want to go on with someone, that is what you do.“

—  Melissa Bank American writer 1961

„You have to be able to accept failure to get better.“

—  LeBron James American basketball player 1984

„Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.“

—  Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

„Here's to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don't even care“

—  Leonard Cohen Canadian poet and singer-songwriter 1934 - 2016

„Do you dare
deny my
potency
my kindness
or forgiveness?“

—  Jim Morrison lead singer of The Doors 1943 - 1971

„What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?“

—  Jodi Picoult, buch The Tenth Circle

„The next thing you can learn from the woman who was a sinner, something she herself understood, is that with regard to finding forgiveness she is able to do nothing at all. P. 155“

—  Sören Kierkegaard Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism 1813 - 1855

„Mingling with people, hurting them, getting hurt by them…that's how you learn about others…and about yourself. If you don't you'll never be able to care about anyone but yourself.“

—  Natsuki Takaya Manga artist 1973

„We all have to be responsible for ourselves. I accept the concept that respect for yourself must be the foundation of respect for others. It is only if you respect yourself as a human being and you have faith in your ability to achieve what should be achieved that you will be able to help others.“

—  Aung San Suu Kyi State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy 1945

„The one who forgives never brings up the past to that person's face. When you forgive, it's like it never happened. True forgiveness is complete and total.“

—  Louis Zamperini Italian-American middle distance runner 1917 - 2014

„People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.“

—  Bill Cosby American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist 1937