Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. – Isaac Friedmann
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free. – Catherine Ponder
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. – More Mark Twain Quotes
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it forgoes revenge, and dares forgive an injury. – E.H. Chapin
Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much. – Oscar Wilde
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. – Henry Ward Beecher
Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. – William Arthur Ward
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. – Paul Boese
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. – George Herbert
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. – Marlene Dietrich
It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. – Grace Hopper
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive. – Alan Paton
Sincere forgiveness isn’t colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don’t worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time. – Sara Paddison
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. – Mahatma Gandhi
People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than for being right. – Joanne Kathleen Rowling
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. – Josh Billings
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. – Lewis B. Smedes
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