Lewis B. Smedes Quotes

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

I believe in forgiveness.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

If I say, 'I forgive you,' I have implicitly said you have done something wrong to me. But what forgiveness is at its heart is both saying that justice has been violated and not letting that violation count against the offender.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Nothing enables us to forgive like knowing in our hearts that we have been forgiven.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Only the brave know how to forgive...

We need Grace and forgiveness.

Forgive: Make a conscious decision to cease to harbor resentment, which includes forgiving a debt and giving up one's resolve to retaliate.

We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.

It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.

There is no forgiveness in nature.

Forgiveness is God's command.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

It is right to hate sin, but not to hate the sinner.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

You're supposed to remember, and still forgive.

He bore no grudge against those he had wronged.

I feel like God has forgiven me of so much, that I will forgive everyone who has hurt us.

Forgiving is not an easy thing to do.

I'm very forgiving so I forgive most things, really.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.