Quotes about Forgiveness
Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
— Abraham Lincoln
Stay positive. Sometimes you don't even realize you're blocking your own blessings by thinking negatively and holding on to the past. Learn to let go.
— Germany Kent
Revenge, at first though sweet, bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
— John Milton
He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
— John Milton
I shall temper soJustice with mercy.
— John Milton
Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep...
— John Milton
The unchangeableness of the Lord's love, and the riches of his mercy, are likewise more illustrated by the multiplied pardons He bestows upon his people — than if they needed no forgiveness at all.
— John Newton
Whoever is truly humbled — will not be easily angry, nor harsh or critical of others. He will be compassionate and tender to the infirmities of his fellow-sinners, knowing that if there is a difference — it is grace alone which has made it!
— John Newton
Bitterness is like drinking rat poison and waiting for the rat to die.
— John Ortberg
There is hope in forgiveness
— John Piper
Forgiveness is essentially God's way of removing the great obstacle to our fellowship with him. By canceling our sin and paying for it with the death of his own Son, God opens the way for us to see him and know him and enjoy him forever. Seeing and savoring him is the goal of forgiveness. Soul-satisfying fellowship with our Father is the aim of the cross. If we love being forgiven for other reasons alone, we are not forgiven, and we will waste our lives.
— John Piper
He came to destroy sin because it is fatal.
— John Piper