15 Movie Quotes about Forgiveness
Forgive and forget
Wise words, but they often fall short when we reflect on perceived wrongs done to us by others. Forgiving can be difficult, but the rewards of forgiveness can be great. Forgiveness doesn’t mean denying our own feelings of hurt, it means letting go of resentments that keep us tied to the wrong committed against us. It means to heal and move forward with life without allowing anger and hurt to waste too much of our mental or emotional energy. Forgiveness is as much (or more) for ourselves as it is for the other person or people. Learn more about it with our best movie quotes about forgiveness.
From the TV Series: Criminal Minds
“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.”
Paul Boese
Joe Mantegna - David Rossi
From the movie: The Two Popes
“Confession cleans the sinner's soul, it doesn't help the victim. Our whole church is in need of forgiveness. Where is our humility? Sin is a wound, not a stain. It needs to be treated, healed. Forgiveness is not enough.”
Jonathan Pryce - Pope Francis
From the movie: Man On Fire
“- Elderly Man: In the church, they say to forgive.
- John W. Creasy: Forgiveness is between them and God. It's my job to arrange the meeting.”
Enrique Cimet - Elderly Man
Denzel Washington - John W. Creasy
From the TV Series: The Witcher
“It’s better to die than to live in the knowledge that you’ve done something that needs forgiveness.”
Jeremy Crawford - Yarpen Zigrin
From the movie: Top Gun: Maverick
“If I send him on this mission he might never come home. If I don’t send him, he’ll never forgive me.”
Tom Cruise - Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
From the TV Series: Euphoria
“Forgiveness is the key to change.”
Colman Domingo - Ali
From the TV Series: Criminal Minds
“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss, at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”
Honoré de Balzac
Thomas Gibson - Aaron Hotchner
From the movie: Corpus Christi
You know what we're good at? Giving up on people. Pointing the finger at them. To forgive doesn't mean to forget. "Forgive" means "love". To love someone despite their guilt. No matter what the guilt is.
Bartosz Bielenia - Daniel
From the movie: Brief Encounter
“- Dr. Alec Harvey: Forgive me?
- Laura Jesson: Forgive you for what?
- Dr. Alec Harvey: For everything. For meeting you, in the first place. For taking the piece of grit out of your eye. For loving you. For bringing you so much misery.
- Laura Jesson: I'll forgive you if you'll forgive me.”
Trevor Howard - Dr. Alec Harvey
Celia Johnson - Laura Jesson
From the movie: War and Peace
“I told you that one should forgive a fallen woman. But I never said I would be able to. I can't forgive.”
Vyacheslav Tikhonov - Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
From the movie: Invictus
“Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.”
Morgan Freeman - Nelson Mandela
From the movie: Sweeney Todd
“The history of the world is learn forgiveness and try to forget!”
talking to Mrs. Lovett
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
From the movie: Lost Souls
“God will forgive me. The transformation is near.”
during the ritual to become the Devil
Elias Koteas - John Townsend
From the movie: The Invitation
“Forgiveness doesn't have to wait. I'm free to forgive myself and so are you. It's a beautiful thing. It really is.”
John Carroll Lynch - Pruitt
From the movie: The Man in the Iron Mask
“I have prayed every day for forgiveness. But now I realize that forgiveness must come from you before it can come from God.”
Jeremy Irons - Aramis
