“Forgiveness doesn’t make the other person right, it makes you free.” – Stormie Omartian1
“Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realizing you were the prisoner!” – Max Lucado
“Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.” – Corrie Ten Boom
“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” – C. S. Lewis
“I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone.” – Dwight L. Moody
“I know for me, going back to the person I’ve bad-mouthed or lied to is absolutely humiliating! But isn’t it interesting that ‘humiliating’ has the same root word as ‘humility”? Part of humility is taking responsibility for my sin and asking forgiveness even when it doesn’t feel good. God wants to heal and restore your relationships, but it’s not easy.” – Chip Ingram
“Forgiveness is not that stripe which says, ‘I will forgive, but not forget.’ It is not to bury the hatchet with the handle sticking out of the ground, so you can grasp it the minute you want it.” – Dwight L. Moody
“After grief for sin there should be joy for forgiveness.” – A. W. Pink
“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.” – Corrie Ten Boom
“If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very focal point for forgiveness and redemption.” – Josh McDowell
“Forgiveness is God’s command.” – Martin Luther
“God forgets your confessed sins; so should you.” – Woodrow Kroll
“You are nothing better than deceitful hypocrites if you harbor in your minds a single unforgiving thought. There are some sins which may be in the heart, and yet you may be saved. But you cannot be saved unless you are forgiving. If we do not choose to forgive, we choose to be damned.” – Charles Spurgeon
“Forgiveness is one of the most beautiful words in the human vocabulary. How much pain and unhappy consequences could be avoided if we all learned the meaning of this word.” – Billy Graham
“A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.” – William Arthur Ward
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.” – Martin Luther King Jr
“I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.” – Lawrence G. Lovasik
“True forgiveness is a self-healing process which starts with you and gradually extends to everyone else.” – Robert Holden
“Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record.” – Rick Warren
“A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” – Ruth Graham
“Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.” – Lawana Blackwell
“Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.” – George MacDonald
“The most miserable prison in the world is the prison we make for ourselves when we refuse to show mercy. Our thoughts become shackled, our emotions are chained, the will is almost paralyzed. But when we show mercy, all of these bonds are broken, and we enter into a joyful liberty that frees us to share God’s love with others.” – Warren W. Wiersbe
“The love of Jesus Christ covers your sins, and it also gives you the power to let other people off the hook. You’ve been forgiven, and you can forgive others.” – Rick Warren
1 All of these quotes are from the following websites:
76 Quotes About Forgiveness | ChristianQuotes.info
TOP 25 FORGIVENESS QUOTES (of 974) | A-Z Quotes (azquotes.com)
10 Quotes from Billy Graham on Forgiveness – The Billy Graham Library Blog
100 Forgiveness Quotes That Will Free Yourself (wisdomquotes.com)
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