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.

I forgive my mom for being a psycho and my dad for being a loser.

When you forgive you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.

The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business.