Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency including his tone-deaf response to Katrina and a war waged in Iraq on false pretenses Bush connected with Americans in the aftermath of 9/11 because he looked as frail and unforgiving as we felt.

The fact my relationship with my son is so good makes me forgiving of my father and also appreciative.

Mother Nature may be forgiving this year or next year but eventually she's going to come around and whack you. You've got to be prepared.

The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place.

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding mutual confidence sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.

My desire is to be a forgiving non-judgmental person.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness or else forgiving another.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

To be social is to be forgiving.

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.