Quotes about Forgiveness

Agape love is the decision to keep loving and seeking the best for someone even when we don't feel like it, even when that person sins against us.

We don't want people to understand forgiveness or prayer or mission or justice only intellectually. We want people who can forgive, who can hear and respond to God, who actually know Him. We want people who have hearts that break for our world and the people in it and do something about it. We want the kind of people in our communities who resemble the people we see in Scripture.

The difference between justice and forgiveness: To be just is to condemn the fault and, because of the fault, to condemn the doer as well. To forgive is to condemn the fault but to spare the doer. That's what the forgiving God does.

Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.

Whatever the reasons, when forgiveness happens it is always a miracle of grace. The obstacles in its way are immense

If you judge people you have no time to love them.

People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.

People who really want help may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway.

Throughout my life, I never sought retribution against those who hurt me because I believe in forgiveness. I have practiced forgiving, just as I want to be forgiven. Only God knows what's in a person's heart, his true intentions. He sees and hears all things.

Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and to be close to God. I'm not perfect. I know that I still have things to work out, and I'm working on them. There are certain things I have done that I am not proud of, especially when they caused pain to others. I ask God for forgiveness.

Think well of all, be patient with all, and try to find the good in all.

Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart" (Ps. 24:3—4). We need to be pure before God by turning from our sinful ways, receiving forgiveness through Christ, and walking in the Spirit. (See Romans 8:3—4.)