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When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.

I think it's harder to forgive ourselves for mistakes that we made because we keep dwelling on it. We want to know how it affects other people, if they liked us for it, if they didn't like us. I think we stress over it, we replay it in our mind. It becomes an old tape that years later we continue to play it in our mind.

On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level.

When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.