The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
—Mahatma Gandhi
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.
—Gordon Atkinson
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.
—Gordon Atkinson
It really doesn't matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.
—Gordon Atkinson
No one forgives with more grace and love than a child.
—Gordon Atkinson
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
—Stuart's Law of Retroaction
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.
—W. Somerset Maugham
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
—William Blake
Pray you now, forget and forgive.
—William Shakespeare
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
—Marlene Dietrich
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
—Alexander Pope
What he did was wrong. He doesn't deserve your love. But he does deserve your forgiveness, because otherwise he will grow like a weed in your heart until it's choked and overrun. The only person who suffers, when you squirrel away all that hate, is you.
—Jodi Picoult in The Storyteller
A broken friendship that is mended through forgiveness can be even stronger than it once was.
—Stephen Richards in Forgiveness and Love Conquers All
What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.
—Mignon McLaughlin