175+ Sayings And Quotes On Mistakes In Relationships

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‘To err is human.’ That’s a common phrase applicable to mistakes occurring in relationships. There are plenty of other relationship mistake quotes that also convey the message that committing a mistake is common, but learning from it and not repeating it is what makes your bond stronger and long-lasting. If you or your partner often make mistakes and are unable to rectify them, then scrolling through these quotes from well-known people can give you a better understanding of relationships.

Quotes About Mistakes In Love

No one is perfect in love, and we all make mistakes from time to time and end up hurting that special someone. If you are one among them, these quotes about mistakes in relationships are for you. When we make mistakes in love, it can be easy to spiral into self-doubt and negativity, but it’s important to remember that affection, affirmation and positive thinking can help us get through tough times.

1. “The worst mistake you can make is walking away from the person who actually stood there and waited for you.” -Drake

2. “Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.” -L.M. Montgomery
3. “It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.” -Steve Maraboli
4. “To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.” ― Plutarch
5. “It’s human to make mistakes and some of us are more human than others.”— Ashleigh Brilliant
6. “All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.” -Sophocles
7. “I realized I made a big mistake, and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.” -Hansie Cronje
8. “You can’t lift a relationship up if you keep walking over the other person’s mistakes.” -Anthony Liccione
9. “Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not. ” ― Carl G. Jung
10. “And a mistake repeated more than once is a decision.” -Paulo Coelho
11. “Sooner or later, we’ve all got to let go of our past.” -Dan Brown
12. “One of my biggest mistakes in life is thinking people will show me the same love I’ve shown them.” – Heath Ledger
13. ‘’One of the biggest and most common mistakes a woman makes is to substitute activity for God for a relationship with him.’’ — Linda Dillow
14. “Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” – Steve Maraboli
15. “Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.” -Aubrey de Grey

Point to consider

If you are in a rocky relationship, use these quotes to reshape your thinking and re-examine your actions.

16. “We’re all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.” ― Al Gore“
17. In relationships, everyone makes mistakes. If you are forgiven for yours, don’t take it for granted.” – Carlos Wallace
18. “To avoid mistakes and regrets, always consult your wife before engaging in a flirtation.” — E. W. Howe
19. “Life and relationships are like a card game; you have to learn different strategies, learn from your mistakes, always play to win, show no mercy, take chances, believe in yourself, and play hand after hand until you finally win the game.” -Jonathan Burkett
20. “Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” — Mary Tyler Moore
21. “People are naturally imperfect. No matter what your relationship, whether parent, child, friend, or lover, there will always be mistakes on both sides. It’s how we choose to accept the flaws of the people who surround us that determines our peace.” -Kate J. Squires
22. “Just like in any relationship, things changed. We changed. We both made mistakes, and we both learned a lot. We may love each other differently, but maybe that is a good thing. Maybe it is more forgiving and more mature, or maybe it is just different.” -Chris Kyle

23. “Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.” — James Russell Lowell
24. “We all get hurt at some point in a relationship, Lucas. It happens a lot in a marriage. Even the best ones have someone getting hurt at one point or another. The key is to apologize when you do hurt her and learn from your mistakes. No one expects you to be perfect.” -Samantha Chase
25. “They had a good marriage, a solid relationship that had endured its ups and downs because they’d learned from the mistakes they’d made during their tumultuous beginning. What they’d built together was open and honest and there wasn’t anything they couldn’t talk about with one another.” -Kimberley Reeves

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26. “We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward.”― Alison Croggon 
27. “At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them.”― Angie Thomas
28. “Don’t live chained to the mistakes of the past; you can find new love, meet someone again or have a broken relationship restored.” -Jamie Larbi
29. “An error is not a mistake until you refuse to correct it.” -Grenville Kleiser
30. “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own… Jealousy is a disease; love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.” -Robert A. Heinlein
31. “Of course, you make mistakes over the years. We all know marriage is difficult at times, and it’s about working through it. Whenever we’ve come up against tough times, we know each other better than anybody who knows us. We have an amazing life which we are very respectful of.” -David Beckham

32. “Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?” –Peter McWilliams
33. “Everyone makes mistakes, but why did yours have to be me?” -Lisa Brooks
34. “Realize that sleeping on a futon when you’re 30 is not the worst thing. You know what’s worse, sleeping in a king bed next to a wife you’re not really in love with, but for some reason, you married, and you got a couple of kids, and you got a job you hate. You’ll be laying there fantasizing about sleeping on a futon. There’s no risk when you go after a dream. There’s a tremendous amount of risk to playing it safe.” -Bill Burr
35. “Maybe you expected marriage to be perfect – I guess that’s where you and I are different. See, I thought it would be all about making mistakes, but doing it with someone who’s there to remind you what you learned along the way.” -Jodi Picoult
36. “Assumptions are the termites of relationships.” – Henry Winkler
37. “We look down our noses at people who’ve made mistakes in relationships. She’s so stupid! How could she do that! Our superiority makes us feel better. But I’d bet everything I have on the fact that people who claim to have a perfect record in love are either lying or have very limited dating experience. People who say, I’d never do that! Someday, unless you are very, very lucky, you’ll have a story to tell. Or not to tell.” -Deb Caletti
38. “The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation – or a relationship.” -Deborah Tannen
39. “It’s better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.” – Phil McGraw
40. “The power dynamics in a relationship are going to be fluid over a long period of time, so to wait for ‘perfect’ is going to be a mistake.” -Jason Segel
41. “I think that love, at the end of the day, is stronger than some mistake somebody made. Something they did that they regret. I think that love allows for forgiveness.” -President Fitzgerald Grant
42. “You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect—you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together, but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze, and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there.” -Bob Marley

Quotes About Learning From Mistakes In Relationships

Absolution is not always necessary in a relationship, but a willingness to learn from mistakes and approach them with empathy and openness is crucial. When you make mistakes in a relationship, try to avoid making unrealistic resolutions of never committing any errors in the future, seek acceptance and learn from your mistakes. Here are some quotes about learning from mistakes in relationships and getting back together with your loved ones.

43. “When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: admit it, learn from it, and don’t repeat it.” -Paul Bear Bryant
44. “It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we’re wrong is courage, not weakness.” -Roy T. Bennett
45. “Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.” – Ansel Adams
46. “Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to not make the same mistake twice.” -Stephanie Perkins
47. “Learning from your mistakes does not happen automatically, it requires thinking and reflection.”― Oscar Auliq-Ice
48. “Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new.” ―Albert Einstein.
49. “Sometimes when you lose your way, you find YOURSELF.” -Mandy Hale

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50. “What a waste my life would be without all the beautiful mistakes I’ve made.” -Alice Bag
51. “I believe forgiveness is the best form of love in any relationship. It takes a strong person to say they’re sorry and an even stronger person to forgive.” – Yolanda Hadid
52. “You’re the same as you were yesterday and the day before. Nothing has changed. Not really. Forget what troubles you. Regret nothing, but learn from any mistakes you make. Tomorrow will be a brighter day, I promise.” -Morgan Rhodes
53. “I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.” ― Joe Abercrombie
54. “A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself.” -Linda Sue Park
55. “You cannot travel back in time to fix your mistakes, but you can learn from them and forgive yourself for not knowing better.” – Leon Brown
56. “Mistakes are a part of being human. Precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.” -Al Franken
57. “Forget your mistakes but remember what they taught you.” ― Vannetta Chapman
58. “The man who forgives is far stronger than the man who fights.” -Nathan Caroll
59. “There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.” -Bryant H. Mcgill
60. “We all mess up. It’s what we learn from our mistakes that matters.” ― Lauren Myracle
61. “Scars are but evidence of life,” Coquette said. “Evidence of choices to be learned from…evidence of wounds…wounds inflicted of mistakes…wounds we choose to allow the healing of. We likewise choose to see them so that we may not make the same mistakes again.” -Marcia Lynn McClure
62. “Try to learn from the mistakes of others too, as one cannot make all the mistakes themselves in their lifetime” – Unknown
63. “Mistakes in the relationship are the breaths of fresh air that teach valuable lessons.” – Unknown
64. “We are all flawed, my dear—every one of us. And believe me, we’ve all made mistakes. You’ve just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed and move one, pet.” -Lauren Myracle
65. “I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear of making a mistake seems to be based on the hidden assumption that I am potentially perfect and that if I can just be very careful, I will not fall from heaven. But a ‘mistake’ is a declaration of the way I am, a jolt to the way I intend, a reminder I am not dealing with the facts. When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown.”-Hugh Prather

66. “No matter what mistakes we might have made yesterday, today is the day we can retrieve our innocence.” – Marianne Williamson
67. “Heartbreak happens, mistakes happen, things might not always turn out the way you thought they would. Try to make the best of it, even if that seems impossible.” -Nicole Tarkoff
68. “Let us cry for the spilled milk, by all means, if by doing so we learn how to avoid spilling any more. Let us cry for the spilled milk and remember how, and where, and why, we spilled it. Much wisdom is learned through tears, but none by forgetting our lessons.”-Maria Amparo Ruiz De Burton
69. “If you make a mistake, be big enough to admit to the mistake. People will think much better if you make an admission after a mistake.” ― Keith Boyer
70. “Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.” – Sivananda
71. “I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.” -Shelby Foote
72. “People do make mistakes and I think they should be punished. But they should be forgiven and given the opportunity for a second chance. We are human beings.” – David Millar
73. “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
74. “A broken friendship that is mended through forgiveness can be even stronger than it once was.” -Stephen Richards
75. “Learning from failure is an essential element in any human endeavor. Mistakes should not be feared … just learned from.” – Roger Macdonald Andrew
76. “The only way to change the past is to learn from it and move forward with what you’ve learned.” – Shannon Alder
77. “The past is not a burden, it’s a lesson. It teaches us what worked and what didn’t.” – Steve Maraboli
78. “Learn from the past, but don’t live in it.” – Steve Maraboli
79. “The lessons we learn in love are the lessons we carry with us for the rest of our lives.” – Jen Sincero
80. “Tracy, I was always taught that mistakes should be remedied, especially between friends—or lovers.” -James Bond
81. “Love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort and keep on learning.” – Carol S. Dweck
82. “I’ve also learned that the biggest lessons came from my biggest mistakes.”– Gurbaksh Chahal
83. “You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.” – Stephan Covey
84. “As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter for shame, but for learning.”– Margaret Heffernan
85. “Admit your mistakes without beating yourself up. Release all shame! You cannot live if you are hiding behind what was.” -Iyanla Vanzant
86. “True intuitive expertise is learned from prolonged experience with good feedback on mistakes.” – Daniel Kahneman
87. “One of the great things about being willing to try new things and make mistakes is that making mistakes keeps you humble. People who are humble learn more than people who are arrogant.” —Robert Kiyosaki
88. “In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it, no human fellowship, least of all a marriage, can survive. Don’t insist on your rights, don’t blame each other, don’t judge or condemn each other, don’t find fault with each other, but accept each other as you are, and forgive each other every day from the bottom of your hearts.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
89. “I think everyone makes a mistake at least once in their life. The important thing is what you learn from it.” – Malala Yousafzai
90. “Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.” – Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
91. “A truth that is often difficult for people to recognize or accept is: if you can see it out there, it exists—or has at some point existed— within you.” -Iyanla Vanzant
92. “Whatever decisions happen here today, the outcome lands on you. Are you willing to let your family pay the price for your mistakes? Is that what a good man would do? Because if that happens, I promise you, son, it’s gonna destroy you and everything else you love, and that’s not the law in me talking; that’s a flawed mother who made a lot of mistakes. You’re a husband, and a father, and a man before all of this. Own your place.” -Tyne Patterson

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93. “Some mistakes… Just have greater consequences than others. But you don’t have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.”― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You
94. “We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.”― Steve Maraboli
95. “You can’t just sit there and moan forever. You’ve gotta deal, and you’ve gotta learn how to rise from your mistakes.” -Cassey Ho
96. “We need to realize that our path to transformation is through our mistakes. We’re meant to make mistakes, recognize them, and move on to become unlimited.” -Yehuda Berg
97. “The best way to prevent repeatedly echoing past mistakes is to operate as if your emotional pathology is always in play unless proven otherwise, not vice versa.”– Alan Robert Neal
98. “It’s not a problem to make a mistake while learning, the problem is not learning from the mistake.” – Phila Dittrich
99. “But it’s important to acknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also learn from them.” – Sarah Dessen
100. “If someone makes a mistake and you still want them in your life, then forgive them.” – R.J. Intindola
101. “It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them.” ― Dale E. Turner
102. “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” -Henry Ford
103. “Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.” -Phyllis Theroux
104. “You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world. But you do have some say in who hurts you.” – John Green
105. “My greatest hope regarding the future rests on the mistakes I’ve made in the past, for those are the most effective things I’ve got to build with.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
106. “Success lies in one’s ability to learn from mistakes.” ― Dr Prem Jagyasi
107. “Let all your regrets and mistakes become your sails and your rudders, and not your anchors.” ― Sotero M Lopez II
108. “A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is saying… that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.” -Alexander Pope
109. “Mistakes are always forgivable if one has the courage to admit them.” –Bruce Lee
110. “I have learned a great deal from this ordeal and hope that others have learned from my mistakes.”- Paris Hilton
111. “Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.” – Billy Graham
112. “Don’t waste a good mistake, learn from it.” —Robert Kiyosaki
113. “If you could avoid all your mistakes, you’d miss everything you learned from them.” — Marie Forleo
114. “The beauty in correcting our own mistakes; rather than attempting to correct the mistakes in others, is that working upon our own flaws improves us.” -C. JoyBell C
115. “No, you’re not a bad person….and I’m not a bad person. We’re just people, and people sometimes do stupid things.” -Francesca Zappia
116. “It took me a long time to learn that mistakes aren’t good or bad, they’re just mistakes, and you clean them up and go on.” -Kaye Gibbons
117. “A mistake is only a mistake if you dwell on it. Let go and forgive.” ― Akiroq Brost
118. “A man must learn from his own mistakes, to be what he wishes to be.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
119. “Mistake is a single page in a part of Life ….but Relation is a book of dictionary —–So don’t lose a full Book for a single page.” ― Rubeccapalm Rose
120. “One mistake does not have to rule a person’s entire life.” ― Joyce Meyer
121. “It’s not a person’s mistakes which define them – it’s the way they make amends.” ― Freya North
122. “Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.” ― Denis Waitley
123. “Our mistakes and regrets are not barriers to becoming who we can be; they are a necessary ingredient.” ― David Schnarch
124. “Admit when you’re wrong. It’s not the end of the world, just the end of feeling like you have to be perfect all the time.” -Ryan Pernofski
125. “One thing is for sure-you will make mistakes. Learn to learn from them. Learn to forgive yourself. Learn to laugh when everything falls apart because. sometimes. it will.” — Vironika Tugaleva
126. “The quickest way to rectify that mistake (choosing the wrong person) is by learning from that, moving on, and choosing much more wisely in the future.” ― Greg Behrendt
127. “What do you do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.” – Dean Smith
128. “If you learn from your mistake. It’s called repairing. If you don’t. It’s called repeating.” — Annie Tanasugarn
129. “To take responsibility for yourself as a leader and person; you need to learn to unlearn bad habits, and learn from your mistakes.” – Andrea Reibmayr
130. “There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.” – Eckhart Tolle
131. “You can’t undo the past… but you can certainly not repeat it.” -Bruce Willis
132. “You couldn’t erase the past. You couldn’t even change it. But sometimes life offers you the opportunity to put it right.” -Ann Brashares
133. “Just because some of us make a mistake in love once doesn’t mean we’re doomed to repeat it.” -Jeaniene Frost
134. “Nobody’s perfect. You know, my mom says your mistakes are what make you human.” -Gratuity ‘Tip’ Tucci
135. “To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up, and move on.” – Dave Pelzer
136. “Failing forward’ is the ability to get back up after you’ve been knocked down, learn from your mistake, and move forward in a better direction.” —John C. Maxwell
137. “If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person.” — Bill Clinton
138. “There’s a bit of hidden magic in every mistake. The magic is called learning.” —Robert Kiyosaki

‘I Make Mistakes But I Love You’ Quotes

Mistakes in love can be painful, but the beauty of reconciliation can heal even the deepest wounds. The first step towards healing a relationship is to humbly request forgiveness for the mistakes made. Show the love of your life that you’re sorry for making a mistake and that your love for them will never change. Share these quotes with your partner through text messages, letters, or during important conversations.

139. “It’s ok to have made mistakes. I’ve learned that all great stories must have a beginning. Where the characters are deeply flawed and in need of redemption and love.” -Rory Feek
140. “Relationships don’t thrive because the guilty are punished, but because the wounded are merciful.”- Max Lucado
141. “I can’t promise I won’t make mistakes again. I can’t promise I won’t freak out when you do something that scares me. I’m not perfect. But I can promise I’ll always try, and I’ll always be on your side.” -Rebecca Schaeffer
142. “If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive.” – Mother Teresa
143. “Saying ‘I’m sorry’ is saying ‘I love you’ with a wounded heart in one hand and your smothered pride in the other.” -Richelle E. Goodrich

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144. “I know I’m not perfect. I’ll never be. But I do know that when I love you, I will love you with all of my heart.” -Unknown
145. “Forgiveness is the final form of love.” – Reinhold Niebuhr
146. “Once in a lifetime someone breaks your heart and if you still feel that you should hold on to them every broken piece is among TRUE LOVE.” -Chloe Williams

147. “Forgiveness is me giving up my right to hurt you for hurting me. Forgiveness is the final act of love.” – Beyoncé
148. “I hope it’s not too late to say how sorry I am, and how much I love you.” -Unknown
149. “Perhaps the greatest gift we can offer each other is a second chance.” – Lloyd D. Newell
150. “I guess what I’m trying to say is, “I’m sorry that I hurt you, and if I had a chance to do things differently, I would in a heartbeat.” -Unknown
151. “Holding a grudge doesn’t make you strong; it makes you bitter. Forgiving doesn’t make you weak; it sets you free.” – Dave Willis
152. “Those who shouldn’t get hurt, experience hurt the most in this world.” -Unknown
153. “You always break the kindest hearts, with a hasty word you can’t recall, and if I broke your heart last night, it’s because I love you most of all” -Mills Brothers
154. “Don’t say we aren’t right for each other, the way I see it is… We aren’t right for anyone else.” -Daniel Bernard Sweeney
155. “Don’t let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future.” ― Zig Ziglar
156. “So it’s not gonna be easy. It’s gonna be really hard. We’re gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day.” -The Notebook
157. “Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to be their removal.” – C.S. Lewis
158. “It doesn’t matter if the guy is perfect or the girl is perfect, as long as they are perfect for each other.” – Good Will Hunting
159. “A marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” – Ruth Bell Graham
160. “It’s you and me now, like old times.” -Alina Starkov
161. “I’m gonna fight for you until your heart stops beating.” -Jacob Black
162. “What do you do when the one person you want comfort from the most is the one who caused your pain? How can I want so desperately for him to wrap me up in his arms but also want so much for him to leave me alone?” – Amanda Grace
163. “You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.” – Lewis B. Smedes
164. “I’m sorry for the way things turned out. I never meant to hurt anyone, least of all you.” -Jim Carrey
165. “Forgiveness opens the opportunity for those relationships to show you the love that you have always deserved.” – Eric Watterson
166. “I don’t know how to apologize to you for what I’ve done. But if you give me another chance, I promise you, I’ll spend the rest of my life making you glad that you did. Please.” -Harrison Ford
167. “It’s probably going to take you an eternity to forgive me… Alma, I’m sorry. I guess I was being ridiculous. I’m sorry. I love you. You’re my whole life. I wanna go. But if it’s a choice of only six more months here with you or living forever all by myself, well I’ll take the six more months here with you. I don’t want to live forever if you’re not going to be with me.” -Hume Cronyn
168. “Until we have seen someone’s darkness, we don’t really know who they are. Until we have forgiven someone’s darkness, we don’t really know what love is.” – Marianne Williamson
169. “You make me want to be a better man.” –As Good As It Gets
170. “Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.” – Marlene Dietrich
171. “I guarantee there’ll be tough times. I guarantee that at some point, one or both of us is going to want to get out. But I also guarantee… that if I don’t ask you to be mine, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life. Because I know in my heart… you’re the only one for me.” -Runaway Bride
172. “I know I come with a lot of baggage and it’s not easy, but I promise to love you twice as hard every challenging second with me.” -Unknown

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173. “Please understand. Please forgive me. I prayed every day for you to be alive, until hope became painful. Don’t hate me. I still love you.” –Lauren Oliver
174. “To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.” – Robert Muller
175. “Forgiveness is a personal process that does not depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.” – Sharon Salzberg
176. “Please accept the perfectly imperfect me because I know there’s no place else my heart would want to be.” — Unknown
177. “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” – Mark Twain
178. “Forgiveness is a powerful expression of the love within our soul.” – Anthony Douglas
179. “Forgiving is not forgetting. It’s letting go of the hurt.” – Mary McLeod Bethune

Illustration: Sayings And Quotes On Mistakes In Relationships

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Infographic: Quotes On Mistakes In Relationships

It might happen at times that your partner committed a mistake, knowingly or unknowingly. But, it does not help you or your relationship to hold on to a grudge over it. Thus, we hope you can understand this vital point with the help of the quotes provided before and those listed in the following infographic.

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When feeling sad and alone, seek solace in relationship mistake quotes. Let their wisdom prompt reflection and aid your healing process, guiding you through difficult times and bringing comfort to your heart.

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