Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. Mark Twain on forgiveness
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. on forgiveness
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 on forgiveness
When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future. Bernard Meltzer on forgiveness
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. Henry Ward Beecher on forgiveness
Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. Indira Gandhi on forgiveness
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has need to be forgiven. Thomas Fuller on forgiveness
People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on. Bill Cosby on forgiveness
Forgiveness is the final form of love. Reinhold Niebuhr on forgiveness
Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. Hannah More on forgiveness
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me. Emo Philips on forgiveness
How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all. Clarissa Pinkola Estes on forgiveness
To err is human to forgive, divine. Alexander Pope on forgiveness
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. Lewis B. Smedes on forgiveness
A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable. Robert Fripp on forgiveness
Forgiveness means letting go of the past. Gerald Jampolsky on forgiveness
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. Oscar Wilde on forgiveness
Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. Saint Augustine on forgiveness
There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love. Bryant H. McGill on forgiveness