“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

“To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.”
Robert Muller

“Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.”
Oscar Wilde

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”
Lewis B. Smede

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
Mahatma Gandhi

“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

“People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than for being right.”
Joanne Kathleen Rowling

“Most of us can forgive and forget; we just don’t want the other person to forget that we forgave.”
Ivern Ball

“You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.”
Lewis B. Smedes

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
Mark Twain

“The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.”
George Bernard Shaw

“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.”
Paul Boese

“Forgiveness is the economy of the heart… forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.”
Hannah Moore

“The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.”
Confucius

“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
John F. Kennedy