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9 Inspirational Quotes to Help You Forgive Yourself

by Brooke Obie

Have you ever noticed how you can hold on to past mistakes long after they occurred? Forgiveness is a process. It does not happen over night and the process will be different for everyone. But no matter how long it takes, there's hope. Here are some of our favorite quotes to help you on the journey to forgive.

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You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing. God knows that and you know it. Nobody else may know it. ― Maya Angelou

You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing. God knows that and you know it. Nobody else may know it.

― Maya Angelou

The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself. ― Confucius

The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.

― Confucius

Forgive yourself and welcome love back into your life. ― Wayne Dyer

Forgive yourself and welcome love back into your life.

― Wayne Dyer

Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. ― Lewis B. Smedes

Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk.

― Lewis B. Smedes

We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life. ― Curtis Sittenfeld

We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.

― Curtis Sittenfeld

It is such a great moment of liberation when you learn to forgive yourself, let the burden go, and walk out into a new path of promise and possibility. ― John O'Donohue

It is such a great moment of liberation when you learn to forgive yourself, let the burden go, and walk out into a new path of promise and possibility.

― John O'Donohue

Bring it up, make amends, forgive yourself. It sounds simple, but don’t think for a second that it is easy. Getting free from the tyranny of past mistakes can be hard work, but definitely worth the effort. And the payoff is health, wholeness and inner peace. In other words, you get your life back. ― Steve Goodier

Bring it up, make amends, forgive yourself. It sounds simple, but don’t think for a second that it is easy. Getting free from the tyranny of past mistakes can be hard work, but definitely worth the effort. And the payoff is health, wholeness and inner peace. In other words, you get your life back.

― Steve Goodier

Forgiving yourself, believing in yourself and choosing to love yourself are the best gifts one could receive.” ― Brittany Burgunder

Forgiving yourself, believing in yourself and choosing to love yourself are the best gifts one could receive.

― Brittany Burgunder

Be courageous enough to forgive yourself; never forget to be compassionate to yourself. ― Debasish Mridha

Be courageous enough to forgive yourself; never forget to be compassionate to yourself.

― Debasish Mridha

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