Forgiving Quotations

But the words she spoke of Mrs Harris, lambs could not forgive ... nor worms forget.

I have always thought of Christmas time... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time.

May I tell you why it seems to me a good thing for us to remember wrong that has been done us? That we may forgive it.

Take the pencil and write under my name, 'I forgive her.

Understand that it is often unwise to forgive face to face. This tends to make the other person feel 'put down' and make you look holier-than-thou.

He makes those just who are unjust, forgives those who deserve to be punished, and favors those who deserve no favor.

What is it to bring the man out of his sepulchre if you leave him dead? Why lead him into the light if he is still blind? We thank God, that he who forgives our iniquities also heals our diseases.

Let us go to Calvary to learn how we may be forgiven. And then let us linger there to learn how to forgive.

God is more ready to forgive me than I am ready to offend.

We forgive, we mortify our resentment; a week later some chain of thought carries us back to the original offence and we discover the old resentment blazing away as if nothing had been done about it at all. We need to forgive our brother seventy times seven not only for 490 offences but for one offence.