We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.T. D. Jakes
Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.John Locke
It really doesn't matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.Gordon Atkinson
My dad was always very forgiving of my misbehavior. He'd just say, 'I know you can do better.' That was very powerful stuff… because I could do better. I knew it and he knew it. It's nice to have somebody have faith in youWarren Buffett
The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.Steve Maraboli
Be stronger than those who hate you, so that they cannot destroy you, and then forgive them.Elon Musk
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.C.S. Lewis
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.Gilbert K. Chesterton
Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.Will Smith
If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate.C. JoyBell C.
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.Dag Hammarskjold
The remedy for life's broken pieces is not classes, workshops or books. Don't try to heal the broken pieces. Just forgive.Iyanla Vanzant
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.Saint Augustine
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.Thomas Fuller
Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.Joan Lunden
Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that won't be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.Joyce Meyer
Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.Robert Frost
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.Dalai Lama
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.Emo Philips
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.Thomas Szasz