When someone hurts us, or slanders our good name, forgiveness is often something most of us have a very hard time doing. In fact, it is often the last thing on our mind. But if we choose to buck the trend and forgive those who have hurt us and follow closely the advice from this timeless book – the Bible – we will see a revolution in our lives that will generate unspeakable joy and a peace that passes all understanding.
Below are a number of quotes on forgiveness that I pray you will truly take to heart, for you see forgiveness is such a key to having positive mental health. A Christian, who has a hard time forgiving others, will never advance much on the road to living a holy life.1
“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” – C.S. Lewis
“Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.” – Phillips Brooks
“The voice of sin is loud, but the voice of forgiveness is louder.” – Dwight L. Moody
“It’s Satan’s delight to tell me that once he’s got me, he will keep me. But at that moment I can go back to God. And I know that if I confess my sins, God is faithful and just to forgive me.” – Alan Redpath
“Forgiveness is the economy of the heart. Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.” – Hannah More
“We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.” – Frederick W. Robertson
“And you know, when you’ve experienced grace and you feel like you’ve been forgiven, you’re a lot more forgiving of other people. You’re a lot more gracious to others.” – Rick Warren
“Forgiveness is God’s command.” – Martin Luther
“If you take care of yourself and walk with integrity, you may be confident that God will deal with those who sin against you. Above all, don’t give birth to sin yourself; rather, pray for those who persecute you. God will one day turn your persecution into praise.” – Warren Wiersbe
“When God forgives, He at once restores.” – Theodore Epp
“After grief for sin there should be joy for forgiveness.” – A. W. Pink
“The trouble is people do not know that Christ is a Deliverer. They forget that the Son of God came to keep them from sin as well as to forgive it.” – Dwight L. Moody
“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 an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.” – Corrie Ten Boom
“I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone.”- Dwight L. Moody
“It is vain for us to pray while conscious that we have injured another. Let us first make amends to the injured one before we dare approach God at either the private or the public altar.” – Jonathan Goforth
“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
“No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart.” – J. C. Ryle
“I believe that as often as I transgress, God is more ready to forgive me than I am ready to offend.” – Charles Spurgeon
“Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.” – Tim Keller
“What makes a Christian a Christian is not perfection but forgiveness.” – Max Lucado
“Nothing in the Christian life is more important than forgiveness-our forgiveness of others and God’s forgiveness of us.” – John F. MacArthur
“Healing Follows Forgiveness.” – Pat Bluth
“Forgiveness is a scalpel that removes emotional scars.” – Maxwell Maltz
“Forgiveness is not an emotion, it’s a decision.” – Randall Worley
“Forgiveness leads to love, and love leads to forgiveness.” – Darren Johnson
“Forgiveness is simply a decision to cancel a debt.” – Andy Stanley
“More Miracles occur from Gratitude and Forgiveness than anything else.” – Philip H. Friedman
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
1 All of these quotes are from the following websites: