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 love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

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

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

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