You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

Jesus Himself stresses that only those who grant forgiveness will receive it.

There are none who can fight as fiercely as a mother and a daughter, and none who can forgive more completely.

Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly.

Try not to hold her fears against her. At the end she understood, and believed. And forgave-whatever there was to forgive.

You can't stop the offense from coming, but you can keep it from getting down in you. How much time are you spending offended, bitter, holding on to a grudge? How much more could you accomplish if you would start letting things go?

When someone hurts you, does you wrong, if you keep thinking about it, then you're letting them continue to hurt you. Don't give them your power. You have to let it go and give it to God.

Where is the love that will overlook a person's faults?

You may not realize it, but you are spending emotional energy that you need for your dreams, for your goals, for your children. You won't become all you were created to be if you are wasting emotional energy on things that don't matter. That unforgiveness is an impurity.

A Rattlesnake, if Cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is - a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves.

Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

[A]ll forgiveness is a gift to yourself.