Forgiveness Quotes
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
- Matthew 6:11
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
- Matthew 6:14, 15
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
- Matthew 18:21
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
- Luke 6:27-31, 35-38
I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.
- Abraham Lincoln
The Art of Forgiveness
Wilferd Peterson
The art of forgiveness begins when you forgive someone.
It is having a humble spirit and being done with pride and self pity. It is taking a step toward the practice of forgiveness. Hate is death, forgiveness is life.
Forgiveness works the miracle of change. When Lincoln was asked why he did not destroy his enemies he replied: “If I make my enemies my friends, don’t I then destroy them?” When you forgive others and you change yourself. You change discord to harmony.
Forgiveness should span the years. You should first forgive yourself for the wrongs you’ve done to yourself and others, for the mistakes you’ve made. Then you should forgive and bless all those who have wronged you during your lifetime. Thus you release others and you release yourself. You break the chains of regret and remorse that bind you. You free your mind from the burdens of the past so you may walk victoriously into the future.
Forgiveness works two ways. You must forgive to be forgiven. “He who cannot forgive others,” wrote Edward Herbert, “breaks the bridge” over which he himself must pass; for every man has the need to be forgiven.”
Forgiveness should become a habit. When the master asked how often we should forgive, he answered: “Until seventy times seven.” He who forgives to infinity will never hate.
Forgiveness should start now. Putting off forgiveness only deepens the wound. Clinging to bitterness postpones happiness. Life is short, time is fleeting Today is the day toe forgive.
Forgiveness is the way to personal peace. It is performing mental surgery in yourself, probing deep within to remove hurts, grudges, and resentments. It is forgetting wrongs as if they had never been. It is flooding your mind with the powerful medicine of forgiveness that cleanses and heals. It is discovering a serenity you’ve never known before.
Forgive, as ye would be forgiven;
If heeded, O what power divine
Would then transform our earth to heaven.
- Christian Science Hymnal page 163
Our worst enemies are the best friends to our growth.
- Mary Baker Eddy
Love is the liberator.
- Mary Baker Eddy
You must yield your obedience to God
Give up your own will
Love your enemies, do them good instead of resent or revenge wrongs… and rest in peace for things work together for them that love Good.
- Mary Baker Eddy
You must have an utterly forgiving spirit.
- Mary Baker Eddy Collection
Not to avenge thyself is to do good to thyself.
- Mary Baker Eddy
The harmony of our being can never be reached while we cherish a single discord.
- Mary Baker Eddy Collection
Ask to be made more patient and loving when persecuted…
And delivered from all anger or spirit of revenge.
Ask for this is daily bread to feed you.
- Mary Baker Eddy
Hate no one for hatred is a pague spot that spreads virus and kills at last if indulged , it masters us; bring suffering upon suffering to its possessor …if you have been badly wronged forgive and forget.
- Miscellaneous Writings – Mary Baker Eddy
My deepest desires and daily labors go to prove that I love my enemies and would help all to gain the abiding consciousness of health, happiness and heaven.
- Miscellaneous Writings –Mary Baker Eddy
Love fills my being there is no room for hate.
- Mary Baker Eddy Collection
