10 illuminating quotes about forgiveness

Forgiveness makes us grow ...

"Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were." —Cherie Carter Scott, If love is a game, these are the rules

Forgiveness is essential ...

"Nothing in Christian life is more important than forgiveness: our forgiveness of others and God's forgiveness of us". —John MacArthur, Jr., Only with God

Forgiveness rolls away our burden ...

“We must forgive so that we can enjoy the goodness of God without feeling the weight of anger burning deep in our hearts. Forgiveness does not mean that we reproposed ourselves from the fact that what happened to us was wrong. Instead, let's roll our weights on the Lord and allow him to carry them for us. " - Charles Stanley, Landmines in the Path of the Believer

Forgiveness emits a perfume ...

"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet emits on the heel that crushed it." —Mark Twain

We must forgive our enemies ...

"We are not required to trust an enemy, but we are required to forgive him." —Thomas Watson, Body of Divinity

Forgiveness sets us free ...

“When you release the evildoer from evil, you cut a malignant tumor out of your inner life. Release a prisoner, but discover that the real prisoner was yourself. " —Lewis B. Smedes, forgive and forget

Forgiveness requires humility ...

"The best way to get the last word is to apologize." - The little devotional book for women of God

Forgiveness broadens our future ...

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but enlarges the future". —Paul Boese

Forgiveness tastes sweet ...

“Being forgiven is so sweet that honey is tasteless compared to it. But there is still a sweeter thing, namely forgiving. Since it is more blessed to give than to receive, so to forgive level rooms in experience than to be forgiven “. —Charles Spurgeon