Louise Hay Quotes

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

The heart of who I am as a person and as a man is forgiveness, after forgiving my father for a lot of things that were done when I was child.

It all begins with forgiveness, because to heal the world, we first have to heal ourselves. And to heal the kids, we first have to heal the child within, each and every one of us.

To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing.

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.

Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.

I know whatever my father did, in his own way, he still loved me.

I can still love an ex as a person, regardless if the breakup was bad. I would never wish anything negative on them. It takes more energy to hate them than to wish them well.

The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.

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.

We all say things sometimes to hurt people, so it's important to forgive and have peace with others and forgive and be at peace with yourself.

You have to work on forgiveness and love, and that includes your own self.

Many people have trouble with forgiveness because they have been taught it is a singular act to be completed in one sitting. That is not so. Forgiveness has many layers, many seasons.

I think there are different levels of forgiveness.

I think one of the most important things in evolving is forgiveness.

I didn't know if I would ever reconcile with my family, and I needed to believe that I could forgive, regardless.

I struggle with insecurities. I struggle with forgiveness. I struggle with letting someone go that did me dirty without vengeance, which is an evil thing.

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.

The door to my heart opens inward. I move through forgiveness to love.

I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. Hate is self destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate, you're hurting yourself. It's a healing, actually, it's a real healing...forgiveness.

While it takes at least two to reconcile, it only takes one to forgive.

If you choose to forgive someone who has wronged you rather than to hate that person, you shift the frequency of your Light.

Forgiveness is a gift to myself. I forgive, and I set myself free.

Forgiveness doesn't sit there like a pretty boy in a bar. Forgiveness is the old fat guy you have to haul up a hill.

I hated my father all my life but in his final days I forgave him for all the suffering he caused us. As you grow older, marry, and have children of you own, you learn and forget. I do not forget easily, but I do forgive.