We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

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.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart.

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

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

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Forgotten is forgiven.

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

Forgiveness is God's command.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

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.

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?

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.