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

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

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

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

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

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

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.

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

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.