Jennifer O'Neill Quotes

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.

The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.

The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.

Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for.

A lot of people, when they say 'forgive and forget,' they think you completely wash your brain out and forget everything. That is not the concept. What I think is you forgive and you forget so you can transform your experiences, not necessarily forget them but transform them, so that they don't haunt you or handicap you or kill you.

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.

I remember everything but forgive anyway.

One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not.

I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.

Most of us need time to work through pain and loss. We can find all manner of reasons for postponing forgiveness. One of these reasons is waiting for the wrongdoers to repent before we forgive them. Yet such a delay causes us to forfeit the peace and happiness that could be ours.

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

Forgiveness in any aspect of something that is complex is the greatest tool.

I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a person.

The power of forgiveness transcends personal relationships.

Life is too short for resentments, and I always forgive.

I forgive because not to forgive would only hurt me.

For me, the healing process starts with graciousness and forgiveness.

There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.

I forgive everyone in my life.

Forgiveness isn't just the absence of anger. I think it's also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself.

Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.

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

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.