We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.

When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.

We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.

If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.

There are no college courses to build up self-esteem or high school or elementary school. If you don't get those values at a early age, nurtured in your home, you don't get them.

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.