We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

~Martin Luther King Jr.

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

~Mahatma Gandhi

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

~John F. Kennedy:

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

~William Blake

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.

~Cherie Carter Scott

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

~Marcus Tullius Cicero

He who refuses to forgive breaks the bridge over which he, too, must cross

~Confucius

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

~Mark Twain

The only thing harder than forgiveness is the alternative.

~Philip Yancey

Good, to forgive; Best, to forget! Living, we fret; Dying, we live.

~Robert Browning

One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not.

~Orlando A. Battista

Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.

~Martin Luther King Jr