Quotes about Forgiveness

Grace liberates us. Our tendency toward performance imprisons us.

The truth is that God could have forgiven my past and given me assurance of heaven and yet kept me at arm's length. He could have made me a mere servant in his kingdom household — and even that would have been more than I merited. But his grace is far more outrageous than that.

Philip Yancey was dead-on when he said that some Christians get very angry toward other Christians who sin differently than they do.79

To be cut off by the sword of injured friendship is the most dreadful of all deaths, next to suicide.

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

If you pardon all the evil done to you, you encourage others to do you evil! If you give your cloak to him who steals your coat, how long will it be, before your shirt and trousers will go also?

There it is . . . Our God declares the end in the beginning. In Christ, God loved us before we loved him, caught us before we fell, forgave us before we asked, clothed us in righteousness before we realized we were naked, and cleansed us before we were aware of our filth. God called those who were enemies, aliens, and strangers his very own children and friends. And wrote the story of our life before we drew our first breath.

We do not walk away from others to punish them; we turn away so the embers of anger can cool and reason can again rule our hearts.

Forgiveness is essential if we are to guard our hearts with all diligence.

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Forgiveness is the Most Powerful thing you can Do for Yourself on the Spiritual Path.