Quotes about Forgiveness

He has learnt that in putting on the Lord Jesus he has put on the heart of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and long-suffering. Jesus has taken the place of self, and it is not an impossibility to forgive as Jesus.

No weakness of the human mind has more frequently incurred animadversion, than the negligence with which men overlook their own faults, however flagrant, and the easiness with which they pardon them, however frequently repeated.

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

What cannot be repaired is not to be regretted.

He is a good man, who grieves rather for him that injures him, than for his own suffering; who prays for him, that wrongs him, forgiving all his faults; who sooner shews mercy than anger; who offers violence to his appetite, in all things endeavouring to subdue the flesh to the spirit. This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a christian.Taylor'sGuide to devotion.   

So you see, Tess, this is really the story about God, the brave, and his love for his bride, you. He gave everything he had for you, including that which he loves the most, Jesus. Not because you do anything great, but because he loves you exactly as you are. That's why he will forgive you, and you can trust him with your whole life and be his friend forever. Isn't this a neat story? I heard it last Sunday night." Tess

To forgive and forget means to throw away dearly bought experience.

God does not will that any of us should ever sin. Yet his will is accomplished in spite of our sins, and even through our sins.

The Lord never gets tired of forgiving us. It is we who get tired of asking for forgiveness.

Once we have embraced sin in this way and rejected our covenant with God, only a calamity can save us.

The man or woman who doesn't forgive has forgotten the price that Christ paid for them on the Cross.

If we don't risk being hurt, we cannot give unconditional love. Unconditional love gives others the right to hurt us.