I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.

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

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

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

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

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

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.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that.