“Forgiveness is a powerful thing.”

“There is power in forgiveness.”

Phil McGraw (1950) American television host, psychologist, actor and film producer

“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

“And do not forgive indeed it is beyond your power
to forgive in the name of those betrayed at dawn”

Zbigniew Herbert (1924–1998) Polish writer

“Forgiveness works two ways, in most instances. People have to forgive themselves too. The powerful have to forgive themselves for their behavior. That should be a sacred process.”

Sidney Poitier book The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

“He couldn't even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to forgive.”

Richard Yates book Revolutionary Road

“The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good.”

Catherine Ponder (1927) American priest

“Some things are not forgiveable. Deliberate cruelty is not forgiveable. It is the most unforgiveable thing in my opinion, and the one thing in which I have never, ever been guilty.”

Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire

“Humbleness, forgiveness, clarity and love are the dynamics of freedom. They are the foundations of authentic power.”

Gary Zukav (1942) American writer and revivalist

“There are some things that are so unforgivable that they make other things easily forgivable.”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie book Half of a Yellow Sun