"If you forgive, forgive everything! Otherwise there would be no forgiveness. "

Each of us has been at least once wounded by the actions and words of others. These wounds can leave behind feelings of anger, bitterness, or even revenge.

But if we do not practice the art of forgiveness, we might be the ones who pay the highest price. Embracing forgiveness, we can also embrace peace, hope, gratitude and joy. After reading the following quotes and thoughts, consider how forgiveness can help you on your way to physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.

We are not perfect and we do not live in a world of perfect people, and this reality requires us to master the art of forgiveness.

1. "Only the brave ones know to forgive!" - Lawrence Sterne

2. "To remember evil is to be overcome by evil." - St. John Chrysostom

3. "Forgiveness means raising you above those who have insulted you." - Napoleon Bonaparte

4. "As we do with our neighbor, so will God be with us." - St. John Chrysostom

5. "The gentle does not incline to revenge, but rather to forgiveness." - Socrates

6. "There is no love without forgiveness and there is no forgiveness without love." - Bryant H. McGill

7. "Forgiveness is not an occasional act, but a permanent attitude." - Martin Luther King

8. "The hatred you wear is a burning coal in your heart that makes you more harm than you." - Lawana Blackwell

9. "When I did not forgive myself, can I be forgiven?" - Mihail Iurievici Lermontov

10. "Forgiveness is, in essence, a divine attribute, omnipresent forgiveness, thus appearing as yet another test of the presence of the divine soul in fact." - Nicholas Steinhardt

1. "Refusing to forgive can be infinitely worse than killing, because murder is often a moment of hotness, while lack of forgiveness is a deliberate and cold choice of heart." - George McDonald

2. "Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look that becomes a habit." - Peter Ustinov

3. "When we overlook the mistakes of others, we imitate the extraordinary forgiveness of God." - Ken Sande

4. "Man, if you judge, you are not forgiven, for judging others condemns you." - Saint Paul the Apostle

5. "Meet God, and many people will come to reconcile with you." - Saint Seraphim of Sarov

6. "If you forgive, forgive everything! Otherwise there would be no forgiveness. "- Lev Tolstoy

7. "Be forgiving, for we all need forgiveness." - Seneca

8. "Forgiveness is the way to wisdom. Forgiveness is the courage to live with power. "- Claudiu Ovidiu Tofeni

9. "If you forgive men for their mistakes, your heavenly Father will forgive your trespasses" - Matthew 6:14

10. "The weak will never be able to forgive. Forgiveness is the quality of the strong. "- Mahatma Gandhi