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.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

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

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

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

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

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.

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