Bounds Quote by Desmond Tutu

Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. Forgiving means abandoning your right to pay back the perpetrator in his own coin.

— Desmond Tutu

I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give…

— T. D. Jakes

an act of forgiveness sets the victim apart from the perpetrator, who failed to act humanly towards the victim at the time he committed…

— Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

In a way, forgiving is only for the brave. It is for those people who are willing to confront their pain, accept themselves as…

— Gordon Dalbey

Most people focus on forgiving others, thinking there isn't a need for self-forgiveness, particularly if they see themselves as a victim.

— Liane Holliday Willey

As the victim, you offer the gift of your forgiving to the perpetrator who may or may not appropriate the gift but it has…

— Desmond Tutu

Forgiving someone does not mean denying a person's responsibility for hurting you, nor does it mean minimizing, or justifying the act. It does mean…

— Anonymous

-In a way, forgiving is only for the brave. It is for those people who are willing to confront their pain, accept themselves as…

— Anonymous

Not forgiving somebody is like drinking poison and hoping that the offender will get sick.

— Gary Smalley

Forgiving someone is the act of great courage. Which not everyone has the competence to do.

— Anurag Prakash Ray

Forgiving is, first of all, a way of helping yourself to get free of the unfair pain somebody caused you.

— Lewis B. Smedes

Forgiving is a gift to the forgiver as well as to the perpetrator.

— Desmond Tutu