“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 yourself.”

“I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.”

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

“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 yourself.”

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

“Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.”

“When my father died, I had a real experience with Christ, a real conversion with Christ and I had it in a Oneness church.”

“Resist your fear fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe. ”

“We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.”

“Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the Resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.”

“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.”