Humanities Religion & Spirituality 10 Enlightening Forgiveness Quotes Share Flipboard Email Print Religion & Spirituality Christianity Bible Devotions Origins & Development The Bible The New Testament The Old Testament Living the Christian Faith Christian Life for Teens Prayers Weddings Denominations & Movements Funerals Holidays Entertainment Definitions Catholicism Islam Judaism Hinduism Buddhism Latter-Day Saints Taoism Alternative Religion Angels & Miracles Sikhism Holistic Healing Paganism / Wicca Astrology Atheism & Agnosticism View More by Mary Fairchild Updated April 19, 2017 01 of 10 Forgiveness is Hard to Give ... Photo Source: Pixabay / Composition: Sue Chastain Forgiveness Quote: "Forgiveness always seems so easy, when we need it, and so hard when we need to give it." --Fresh Start Devotionals 02 of 10 Forgiveness Makes Us Grow ... Photo Source: Rgbstock / Composition: Sue Chastain Forgiveness Quote: "Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were." --Cherie Carter Scott, If Love is a Game, These Are the Rules 03 of 10 Forgiveness is Essential ... Photo Source: Rgbstock / Composition: Sue Chastain Forgiveness Quote: "Nothing in the Christian life is more important than forgiveness—our forgiveness of others and God's forgiveness of us." --John MacArthur, Jr., Alone with God 04 of 10 Forgiveness Rolls Away Our Burden ... Photo Source: Pixabay / Composition: Sue Chastain Forgiveness Quote: "We are to forgive so that we may enjoy God's goodness without feeling the weight of anger burning deep within our hearts. Forgiveness does not mean we recant the fact that what happened to us was wrong. Instead, we roll our burdens onto the Lord and allow Him to carry them for us." -- Charles Stanley, Landmines in the Path of the Believer 05 of 10 Forgiveness Emits a Fragrance ... Photo Source: Rgbstock / Composition: Sue Chastain Forgiveness Quote: "Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." --Mark Twain 06 of 10 We Must Forgive Our Enemies ... Photo Source: Pixabay / Composition: Sue Chastain Forgiveness Quote: "We are not bound to trust an enemy; but we are bound to forgive him." --Thomas Watson, Body of Divinity 07 of 10 Forgiveness Sets Us Free ... Photo Source: Rgbstock / Composition: Sue Chastain Forgiveness Quote: "When you release the wrongdoer from the wrong, you cut a malignant tumor out of your inner life. You set a prisoner free, but you discover that the real prisoner was yourself." --Lewis B. Smedes, Forgive and Forget 08 of 10 Forgiveness Calls for Humility ... Photo Source: Rgbstock / Composition: Sue Chastain Forgiveness Quote: "The best way to get the last word is to apologize." --God's Little Devotional Book for Women 09 of 10 Forgiveness Enlarges Our Future ... Photo Source: Pixabay / Composition: Sue Chastain Forgiveness Quote: "Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." --Paul Boese 10 of 10 Forgiveness Tastes Sweet ... Photo Source: Rgbstock / Composition: Sue Chastain Forgiveness Quote: "To be forgiven is such sweetness that honey is tasteless in comparison with it. But yet there is one thing sweeter still, and that is to forgive. As it is more blessed to give than to receive, so to forgive rises a stage higher in experience than to be forgiven." --Charles Spurgeon citecite this article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Fairchild, Mary. "10 Enlightening Forgiveness Quotes." ThoughtCo, Apr. 19, 2017, thoughtco.com/enlightening-forgiveness-quotes-701566. Fairchild, Mary. (2017, April 19). 10 Enlightening Forgiveness Quotes. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/enlightening-forgiveness-quotes-701566 Fairchild, Mary. "10 Enlightening Forgiveness Quotes." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/enlightening-forgiveness-quotes-701566 (accessed April 24, 2018). copy citation Continue Reading