Forgive, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace. – Author Unknown
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note — torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. – Henry Ward Beecher
Forgiving is rediscovering the shining path of peace that at first you thought others took away when they betrayed you. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. – Marlene Dietrich
It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. – Grace Hopper
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. – Mahatma Gandhi
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. – Lewis B. Smedes, “Forgiveness — The Power to Change the Past,” Christianit
Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. – William Arthur Ward
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. – Paul Boese
If you can’t forgive and forget, pick one. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched. – Edgar Watson Howe, Country Town Sayings, 1911
Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. – Isaac Friedmann
Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself. – Harriet Nelson
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. – George Herbert
There’s no point in burying a hatchet if you’re going to put up a marker on the site. – Sydney Harris
Nobody forgets where he buried the hatchet. – Frank McKinney “Kin” Hubbard, Abe Martin’s Broadcast, 1930
Yes, this is what good is: to forgive evil. There is no other good. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Some forgive and forget, more forgive and remember, most forgive and remind. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
The man who forgives is far stronger than the man who fights. – Nathan Croall
Life is an adventure in forgiveness. – Norman Cousins
