“It made me wonder how many times we forgive just because we don’t want to lose someone, even if they don’t deserve our forgiveness.”— Deb Caletti, amazon.com
“There were different kinds of strength. I knew that now. It didn’t always come from a knife or a willingness to fight. Sometimes it came from endurance, where the well ran deep and quiet. Sometimes it came from compassion and forgiveness.”— Ann Aguirre, amazon.com
“I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.’”— Marilyn Monroe, goodreads.com
“It made me wonder how many times we forgive just because we don’t want to lose someone, even if they don’t deserve our forgiveness.”— Deb Caletti, amazon.com
“To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.”— Robert Muller, goodreads.com
“The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.”— Douglas Kennedy, amazon.com
“Love is the most powerful force we have. Be good to somebody that hasn’t been good to you.”— Joel Osteen, twitter.com
“Give people the grace to change. Don’t judge their whole life on one season, one mistake.”— Joel Osteen, twitter.com
“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.”— Thomas Szasz, goodreads.com
“There was a lot of apologizing going on, but I realized that was how it was with people you cared about. You forgave each other and moved on.”— Richelle Mead, amazon.com
“Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.”— Criss Jami, amazon.com
“Forgive yourself for the decisions you have made, the ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at night.”— Sarah Kay, amazon.com
“Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and forgiving heart. Be the one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.”— Marvin J. Ashton, lds.org
“The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it…”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com
“Gratitude can soften a heart that has become too guarded, and it builds the capacity for forgiveness.”— Phillip Moffitt, twitter.com
“Forgiveness releases us from the power of fear. It allows us to see with kindly eyes and rest in a wise heart.”— Jack Kornfield, twitter.com
“If we could forgive, we could allow ourselves to feel the tremor in one another. If we live our stories we could write what we could be.”— Nix Buteo, twitter.com
“If you expect honesty, be honest. If you expect forgiveness, forgive. If you expect a whole person, you have to be a whole person.”— Kristen Crockett, amazon.com