Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

I can forgive but I cannot forget is only another way of saying I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two and burned up so that it never can be shown against one.

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

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love prayer and forgiveness.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Forgive your enemies but never forget their names.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

I still forgive him because by doing what he did he made it famous.

I for one am quite willing to join the 'forgive forget and move on' crowd but it does make me wonder if Evangelicals are going to sound believable when they say that they tend to vote Republican because of their religious commitments to the family.

I'm a lapsed Quaker. I don't go to meetings any more. But I'm very drawn to Catholicism - all that glitter. I'd love to be a Catholic. I think it would be fantastic - faith forgiveness absolution extreme unction - all these wonderful words. I don't think anyone who was ever born a Catholic hasn't died a Catholic no matter how lapsed they are.

Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith about being held about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.

Well I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.

In the evening of life we shall be judged on love and not one of us is going to come off very well and were it not for my absolute faith in the loving forgiveness of my Lord I could not call on him to come.

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

There are some hurts that we experience that can be forgiven but we won't forget them.

I deepen my experience of God through prayer meditation and forgiveness.

I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say it's like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way.

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

But when I lose my temper I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical which may be masochistic of me.