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If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.
Nelson Mandela on forgiveness

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
Peter Ustinov on forgiveness

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
Elbert Hubbard on forgiveness

Forgiveness is God's command.
Martin Luther on forgiveness

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.
Jessica Lange on forgiveness

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
Gerald Jampolsky on forgiveness

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton on forgiveness

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Honore de Balzac on forgiveness

Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that won't be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.
Joyce Meyer on forgiveness

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
Henry Ward Beecher on forgiveness

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.
Gerald Jampolsky on forgiveness

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.
Desmond Tutu on forgiveness

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
William Blake on forgiveness

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
Scott Adams on forgiveness

Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.
Billy Graham on forgiveness

Here is the amazing thing about Easter the Resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.
T. D. Jakes on forgiveness

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
Bell Hooks on forgiveness

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
Corrie Ten Boom on forgiveness

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.
Roberto Assagioli on forgiveness

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.
Marianne Williamson on forgiveness