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

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

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

It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.

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

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

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.

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 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.