Max Lucado Quotes

Forgive those who have hurt you.

It's the most amazing thing to be able to forgive.

Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.

It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.

Want to learn to forgive? Then consider how you've been forgiven.

It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.

One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not.

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

Forgiving is not an easy thing to do.

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

Forgiveness is a basis for moral and ethical behavior.

Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence

Forgiveness in any aspect of something that is complex is the greatest tool.

I believe in forgiveness.

It's not so easy to forgive.

Many people have trouble with forgiveness because they have been taught it is a singular act to be completed in one sitting. That is not so. Forgiveness has many layers, many seasons.

What is forgiveness? An emotion? A coping mechanism? An element of deepest faith? A way for the heart and soul to combat the type of hate, anger, rage and a thirst for revenge that could ultimately consume a person? All of those and more?

When people do, or say, things we don't believe in, forgiveness can feel disgusting. But when you try to think of someone who isn't worthy of it, it's hard to find an example.