„Forgiveness is the better part of valor. (Acheron)
I always thought it was ‘discretion.’ (Thanatos)
Discretion is easy. It’s finding the courage to forgive yourself and others that is hard. (Acheron)“

„Discretion is the better part of valor.“

—  William Shakespeare English playwright and poet 1564 - 1616

„Zaphod did not want to tangle with them and, deciding that just as discretion is the better part of valor, so was cowardice is the better part of discretion, he valiantly hid himself in a closet.“

—  Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything

„To err is human, to forgive divine. (Acheron)
I don’t ask for your forgiveness. I don’t deserve it. I only ask for a chance to show you now that I’m not the fool I was once. (Styxx)“

—  Sherrilyn Kenyon Novelist 1965

„Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.“

—  Jim Butcher, buch Blood Rites

„Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton British priest and writer 1777 - 1832

„You know the incredible thing about hearts is their unbelievable capacity for forgiveness. You’d be amazed what people will overlook when they love someone. (Acheron)“

—  Sherrilyn Kenyon Novelist 1965

„Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.“

—  Morrie Schwartz American sociologist 1916 - 1995

„Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.“

—  Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

„Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.“

—  Bruce Lee Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker 1940 - 1973

„Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.“

—  Karl Lagerfeld German fashion designer 1933 - 2019

„It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own.“

—  Jessamyn West American author 1902 - 1984

„Forgiveness is healing. Especially forgiving yourself“

—  Alyson Nöel, buch Evermore

„Maybe it’s that I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices of others, or their offenses against me. My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever.“

—  Jane Austen, buch Stolz und Vorurteil

„What an alliance, huh? A Dark-Hunter and a Spathi united to guard an Apollite. Who would have ever imagined? (Wulf)
Love makes strange bedfellows. (Acheron)
I thought that was politics. (Wulf)
It’s both. (Acheron)“

—  Sherrilyn Kenyon Novelist 1965

„Courts are the mere instruments of the law, and can will nothing. When they are said to exercise a discretion, it is a mere legal discretion, a discretion to be exercised in discerning the course prescribed by law; and, when that is discerned, it is the duty of the Court to follow it. Judicial power is never exericised for the purpose of giving effect to the will of the Judge; always for the purpose of giving effect to the will of the Legislature; or, in other words, to the will of the law.“

—  John Marshall fourth Chief Justice of the United States 1755 - 1835

„What the hell are you? (Desiderius)
I'm her godfather, with a heavy emphasis on the god part. (Acheron)“

—  Sherrilyn Kenyon Novelist 1965

„I hope you find peace, my brother. (Acheron)
Peace walks hand in hand with a quite conscience. (Savitar)“

—  Sherrilyn Kenyon Novelist 1965

„We always find it difficult to forgive our heroes for being human.“

—  Frances Hardinge British children's writer 1973

„You are incredibly wise. (Kat)
Only when it comes to other people. It’s easy to see how to fix their lives. It’s much harder to see the cracks in your own house. (Acheron)“

—  Sherrilyn Kenyon Novelist 1965