I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion.

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead the living have no right to forget.

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

God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

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

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.