“It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own.”

“Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.”

Les Brown (1945) American politician

“Forgiveness is the best part of valor… Discretion is easy. It's finding the courage to forgive yourself and others that is hard. [Acheron]”

Sherrilyn Kenyon book Dance with the Devil

“But life isn’t about learning to forgive those who have hurt you or forgetting your past. It’s about learning to forgive yourself for being human and making mistakes.”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”

Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker

“We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.”

Curtis Sittenfeld (1975) Novelist, short story writer

“A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself.”

Linda Sue Park book When My Name Was Keoko

“I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

“Forgiveness is the better part of valor. (Acheron)
I always thought it was ‘discretion.’ (Thanatos)
Discretion is easy. It’s finding the courage to forgive yourself and others that is hard. (Acheron)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon book Dance with the Devil

“Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.”

Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) German fashion designer