It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.

We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

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

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

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