Quotes about Forgiveness

That he was very sensible of his faults, but not discouraged by them; that he confessed them to GOD, but did not plead against Him to excuse them. When he had so done, he peaceably resumed his usual practice of love and adoration.

Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

I think the key to passion, to zeal, is gratitude. Or to put it another way, the fuel to motivate is gratitude, and gratitude comes by just backing up a little and realizing how much you've sinned against God.

To truly repent of a big thing, you have to go into it with your heart open and force yourself to deal with it at that level and to apologize to God.

God's not afraid of a mess. He wants to do a cleaning.

Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God.

Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy? Forgive yourself and stop punishing yourself.

I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself.

It's bad when you fail morally. It's worse when you don't repent.

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.

The law condemns the best of us; but grace saves the worst of us.

Now I will say this to every sinner, though he should think himself to be the worst sinner who ever lived: cry to the Lord and seek Him while He may be found. A throne of grace is a place fitted for you. By simple faith, go to your Savior, for He is the throne of grace.