Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
What we forgive too freely doesn’t stay forgiven. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960
It’s far easier to forgive an enemy after you’ve got even with him. – Olin Miller
To truly forgive is to let the other person forget. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
[See also] Forgiveness is the perfume which flowers give when trampled upon. – Quoted in The Sacred Circle, VolumeI, edited by Judge Edmonds, Dr. Dexter, and O
[See also] If, as a blind Indiana child once wrote, “forgiveness is the perfume of the violet on the heel that crushed it,” gratitude may safely be characterized as the perfume of the rose on the hand that caressed it. – Quoted in The Judge, 1916 January 8th
There is no substantive evidence that Mark Twain crafted this metaphor. Poems with this symbolism are following a well-trodden flower-filled path. Please be careful. – Garson O’Toole (The Quote Investigator), Forgiveness Is the Fragrance the
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. – Josh Billings
Without forgiveness life is governed by… an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. – Roberto Assagioli
One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget. – Franklin P. Jones
Forgive. It doesn’t erase their crime but why should you do the time. Let go of resentment. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it forgoes revenge, and dares forgive an injury. – E.H. Chapin
Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. – John F. Kennedy
Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much. – Oscar Wilde
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. – Mark Twain
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well. – Lewis B. Smedes
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
Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. – Indira Gandhi
