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