Quotes About Forgiveness

Never give anyone your time to make you feel sad or hatred for them. Just be happy and enjoy your life.

No matter how misbehaved a child, the parents will accept.

Speak well of your enemies; after all you made them.

Taking revenge from someone may be easier for you, but it is really harder to live afterwards.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him your friend but remember an old one will never become your friend.

The pleasure that forgiveness gives you can't be achieved from revenge.

The real tragedy of life is that only some of the people in this world succeed in making use of the second chance when God offers them.

To err is human; to forgive takes time.

To forgive someone will definitely help you for not being hurt yourself anymore.

Teško je bilo sabrati se i sino?, Pa dati oproštajni poljubac ljubavniku, I upamtiti miris tijela i onu toplinu koja užga srce dok je u blizini.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.

God's forgiveness does not imply that he tolerates sin; rather, he rejoices in a person's repentance, that the person has come to his senses, and that he has come to place himself at the mercy of God, knowing that he has no merit of his own. Accordingly, Jesus says, "There is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents" (Luke 15:10).

Upon the offender's repentance (v. 29; Luke 17:3), God requires us to forgive from the heart (v. 35).

that you should forgive those who have wronged you if for no other reason than to benefit yourself, and that your forgiveness will probably benefit you more than those you forgive. This is unbiblical.

We must forgive people because of our obedience to God and our compassion for them, so that we forgive for God's sake and for their sake. We should forgive because we are grateful for God's forgiveness toward us, not so that we could retain health and peace. We should not need a selfish motive to forgive others. We are able to show compassion on those who repent, because "God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us" (Romans 5:5).

We must forgive others because we are not our own. Since God commands us to forgive people when they repent, we have no right to withhold forgiveness when they repent: "So watch yourselves. 'If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him'" (Luke 17:3).

the blood of Jesus does not only remove us from judgment, but the picture given to us is that it hides us from the most terrible and destructive power in all of existence – the wrath of God manifested in all of its fierceness and violence.

Forgiveness belongs to anyone who has faith – this is not the mere appearance of piety, but a sincere heart that has been transformed by God's grace, and that freely extends forgiveness to others (v. 25; also Matthew 18:21-35).

We are not saved by our own goodness, because we have none, but we are saved by God's sovereign mercy.

Plead with the Lord for forgiveness and restoration. Beg him to revive your heart by his Spirit.

Try to remember. Have you ever felt mercy in your heart where there was once hatred? Peace where there was once turmoil? Love where there was once greed and lust? Humiliation where there was once self-righteousness?

You are not excused from your sins, but God's truth and power, and his entire plan of redemption, do not hinge on your holiness.

Sometimes even a true Christian may fall into serious sin, but such a fall is never permanent. Nevertheless, as long as a person persists in a sinful lifestyle, we have no reason to believe his profession of faith, and therefore should think of him as an unbeliever. Jesus teaches that a stubborn refusal to repent is sufficient reason for excommunication: