It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
Grace Hopper

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.
Ausonius

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
William Blake

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
William Arthur Ward

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.
Suzanne Somers

It’s far easier to forgive an enemy after you’ve got even with him.
Olin Miller

If you can’t forgive and forget, pick one.
Robert Brault

It’s far easier to forgive an enemy after you’ve got even with him.
Olin Miller

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Mark Twain

Without forgiveness, there’s no future.
Desmond Tutu

There’s no point in burying a hatchet if you’re going to put up a marker on the site.
Sydney Harris

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
Franklin P. Adams

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
Paul Boese

‘Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive.
John Sheffield

Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.
Lawana Blackwell

The hatred you’re carrying is a live coal in your heart – far more damaging to yourself than to them.
Lawana Blackwell

Forgiveness is love in its most noble form.
Anon

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.
Lewis B. Smedes

Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Being Politically Correct means always having to say you’re sorry.
Charles Osgood

Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.
Edgar Watson Howe

An apology is a good way to have the last word.
Anonymous

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
Dale Carnegie

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.
Jim Rohn

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
Paul Boese

It’s easier to apologize than ask for permission.
Grace Hopper

An apology is the superglue of life.  It can repair just about anything.
Lynn Johnston

Never apologize and never explain – it’s a sign of weakness.
John Wayne

Keep your words soft and tender because tomorrow you may have to eat them.
Unknown

Friends are God’s apology for relations.
Hugh Kingsmill

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
William Blake

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

If God doesn’t destroy Hollywood Boulevard, he owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.
Jay Leno

Apology – a desperate habit, and one that is rarely cured.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.
Red Auerbach

God will pardon me. It’s his business.
Heinrich Heine

An apology might help, but you can change your life without one.
Robin Quivers

If I die, I forgive you: if I recover, we shall see.
Spanish proverb

I can wholeheartedly apologize for not being at all sorry. And it really is the least I can do.
April Winchell