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"When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future."
-- Bernard Meltzer

"A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain."
-- Samuel Johnson

"The ability to forgive and the ability to love are the weapons God has given us to live fully, bravely, and meaningfully in this less-than-perfect world."
-- Harold S. Kushner: When Bad Things Happen To Good People

"Having looked the past in the eye, having asked for forgiveness and having made amends, let us shut the door on the past – not in order to forget it but in order not to allow it to imprison us."
-- Desmond Tutu

"To carry a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee."
-- William H. Walton

"Pride is at the root of much of our unforgiveness. Because pride can prevent us from forgiving, excessive pride is often a characteristic of the unforgiving person. That person believes, 'I'm far more superior than the person who hurt me. I don't need him (or her), so I don't need to forgive.'"
-- Goldie Bristol: When It’s Hard to Forgive

"Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much."
-- Oscar Wilde

"Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were."
-- Cherie Carter-Scott

"When guilt rears its ugly head confront it, discuss it and let it go. The past is over. It is time to ask what can we do right, not what did we do wrong. Forgive yourself and move on. Have the courage to reach out for help."
--Bernie S. Siegel, MD

"Forgiveness is both a decision and a real change in emotional experience. That change in emotion is related to better mental and physical health."
-- Everett Worthington Jr., PhD - Director of A Campaign for Forgiveness Research and professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University

"Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions."
-- Gerald Jampolsky

"Forgiveness is not an emotion, it's a decision."
-- Randall Worley

"Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hate. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness."
-- William Arthur Ward

"Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future."
-- Lewis B. Smedes

"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."
-- Henry Ward Beecher

"If we cannot forgive, we end up crucifying ourselves on the very cross we construct for our scapegoats. Our hate will be the hatred in ourselves that we have repressed, and that hatred of others masking our own self-hatred will continue to crucify us in their name."
-- Michael H. Crosby: The Seven Last Words

"Lack of forgiveness causes almost all of our self-sabotaging behavior."
-- Mark Victor Hansen

"Life is an adventure in forgiveness."
-- Norman Cousins

"Not to forgive imprisons you in the past and locks out all potential for change."
-- Rabbi Robert Lennick

Sometimes people say or do things that they later regret. We all make mistakes. Has someone ever wronged you? Have you forgiven them? Here's a beautiful 2-minute movie about forgiveness.

"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 - just like it does for you and me."
-- Sara Paddison

"There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness."
-- Josh Billings

"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness."
-- Robert Muller, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations

"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you."
-- Lewis B. Smedes (1921—2002), renowned Christian author, ethicist, and theologian

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
-- Mohandas Gandhi