It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
Grace Hopper
Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
Elbert Hubbard
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with... →
bell hooks
The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.
Bryant H. McGill
When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.
Bernard Meltzer
Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that... →
Joyce Meyer
Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.
Alice Miller
It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.
Olin Miller
Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
Hannah More