William Shakespeare

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Blake

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

W. Somerset Maugham

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.

Thomas Szasz

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

Stuart's Law of Retroaction

It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.

Real Live Preacher

No one forgives with more grace and love than a child.

Real Live Preacher

Forgiveness is the healing of wounds caused by another. You choose to let go of a past wrong and no longer be hurt by it. Forgiveness is a strong move to make, like turning your shoulders sideways to walk quickly on a crowded sidewalk. It's your move.

Real Live Preacher

Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and it might be wise to let them go along with your anger. Wish them well, and let them go their way.

Oscar Wilde

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Lawana Blackwell

The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.

Lawana Blackwell

Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.

Josh Billings

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

John Sheffield

'Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive.

Franklin P. Adams

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
Franklin P. Adams

Dolores Huerta

If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?

Cherie Carter-Scott

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.

Lewis B. Smedes

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

Bernard Meltzer

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.

Lewis B. Smedes

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.

Emo Philips

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.