"Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough....Garrison Keillor "
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names...John F. Kennedy "
"Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness....Marianne Williamson "
" It is never too late to strengthen the foundation of faith. There is always time. With faith in the Savior, you can repent and plead for forgiveness. There is someone you can forgive. There is someone you can thank. There is someone you can serve and lift. You can do it wherever you are and however alone and deserted you may feel....Henry B. Eyring "
" Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it...Mark Twain "
" There would be no need for love if perfection were possible. Love arises from our imperfection, from our being different and always in need of the forgiveness, encouragement and that missing half of ourselves that we are searching for, as the Greek myth tells us, in order to complete ourselves... Eugene Kennedy "
"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you....Lewis B. Smedes "
"I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior. I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and rose again, and that's my belief. I still don't know what 'Christian' means. I'm a follower of Christ, but I keep making a whole bunch of mistakes. And I thank God for forgiveness....Sherri Shepherd "
"Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours....Phillips Brooks "
"Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day....Kathie Lee Gifford "
"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 "
" We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.... T. D. Jakes "
"There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness....Josh Billings "
" I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart....Sue Monk Kidd"
" If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.... Nelson Mandela "
" I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man....Mahatma Gandhi "
" Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart....Desmond Tutu "
" 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 "
" The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget...Thomas Szasz "
