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.

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

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

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

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

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.

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

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

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