Quotes About Forgiveness

Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. Forgiving means abandoning your right to pay back the perpetrator in his own coin.

Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing.

You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself.

Sin scorches us most after it comes under the scrutinizing light of God's forgiveness and not before

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

It all begins with forgiveness, because to heal the world, we first have to heal ourselves. And to heal the kids, we first have to heal the child within, each and every one of us.

The rebels will be thinking about retaliation, what we have to do is stop; stop and transform it into a spiral of forgiveness and reconciliation.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

Since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Savior. He became like us, so we could become like Him.

Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

When you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly.

Forgiveness is a favor we do for ourselves, not a favor we do to the other party.

Love is a choice. Total forgiveness is a choice. It is not a feeling-at least at first-but is rather an act of the will. It is the choice to tear up the record of wrongs we have been keeping.

An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.

People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.

There is hope in forgiveness

The ultimate proof of total forgiveness takes place when we sincerely petition the Father to let those who have hurt us off the hook—even if they have hurt not only us, but also those close to us.

Forgiveness is a CHOICE, not a feeling.

Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.

A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.

Forgiving is not about forgetting, it's letting go of the hurt

Forgiveness is something that we are often asked to grant and very few of us ever have the roadmap of how to get from the pain that we have experienced to being able to forgive someone.

Forgiveness isn't about letting the other person off the hook - it's about releasing ourselves.

The sufferings of Christ are the means of forgiveness of sin and eternal glory