The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

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

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

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

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

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

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