Forgiveness Quotes

"If I have forgiven them so you must forgive them.  For whom I have died, you cannot despise.” ~ God

“Forgive those whom the Lion walks among!” ~ God

 "He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life."  ~ C. S. Lewis

 “I wish you well with your life, and I hope and pray you will cause no more damage to me or anyone else. Go in peace.” ~ Michael S. Barry, The Forgiveness Project

"Forgiveness is the choice that pleases God every time." ~ Rev. Charles Stanley

"Forgiveness is the ability to wish the person well. Not that you forget the wrong, but that you can actually wish them well so that you can move on with your life." ~ Mindy Humphrey

“Satan has a right to afflict us because of the sin of unforgiveness.  God wants to heal and deliver but can’t until we break Satan’s legal right over us.” ~ Wanda Rust

 “We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies”. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

 “Forgiveness is agreeing to live with the consequences of another person’s sin.  No one truly forgives without accepting and suffering pain of another person’s sin.” ~ Neil Anderson

 "Forgiveness is an act of the will more than an act of the heart."  ~  Rev. Charles Stanley

"We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it." ~ C. S. Lewis

 "First, we must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. It is impossible even to begin the act of loving one's enemies without the prior acceptance of the necessity, over and over again, of forgiving those who inflict evil and injury upon us. It is also necessary to realize that the forgiving act must always be initiated by the person who has been wronged, the victim of some great hurt, the recipient of some tortuous injustice, the absorber of some terrible act of oppression. The wrongdoer may request forgiveness. He may come to himself, and, like the prodigal son, move up some dusty road, his heart palpitating with the desire for forgiveness. But only the injured neighbor, the loving father back home, can really pour out the warm waters of forgiveness." ~ Martin Luther King Jr.