Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

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 indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.

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

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

God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

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