A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself.
Linda Sue Park, When My Name Was Keoko
Forgive. Such a small word. Only seven letters but they carry the weight of the world.
A. Meredith Walters, Light in the Shadows
Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.
Brian L. Weiss
The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.
John Green, Looking for Alaska
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
Paul Boese
You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.
Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things
...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving.
Joan Bauer
Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.
Oscar Wilde
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, Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
Dale Carnegie
If I feel that someone has wronged me I can either resent them or forgive them. Forgiveness feels better.
Michael John Bobak