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

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his.

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

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.

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

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

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

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

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

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.