“Chronic remorse is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrong-doing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.”— Aldous Huxley, amazon.com
“The energy of hatred won't get you anywhere; but the energy of forgiveness, which reveals itself through love, will transform your life in a positive way.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Tripping over my own tongue, as hurtful words spill forth… caught tenderly, in the soft pocket, of your forgiveness.”— Gildas Poems, gildaspoems.wordpress.com
“I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment — we are all defined by something we can’t change.”— Simon Van Booy, amazon.com
“How do you forgive yourself when others are unwilling to forgive you?”— Sade Andria Zabala, sadeandriazabala.com
“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain— and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”— Dale Carnegie, amazon.com
“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.”— Robert Brault, goodreads.com
“Don’t get mad. Don’t get even. Do better. Much better. Rise above. Become so engulfed in your own success that you forget it ever happened.”— Donald Driver, goodreads.com
“What if I forgave myself? I thought. What if I forgave myself even though I'd done something I shouldn't have? What if I was a liar and a cheat and there was no excuse for what I'd done other than because it was what I wanted and needed to do? What if I was sorry, but if I could go back in time I wo…”— Cheryl Strayed, goodreads.com