There seems to be a difficulty these days with rendering complete forgiveness to someone who has injured one in some fashion. So as I came across some interesting quotes about forgiveness, I thought I would share them with you. The first one is from Josh Billings, who was introduced to you yesterday.

“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.” -Josh Billings

“‘Tis more noble to forgive than to revenge an injury.” -Benjamin Franklin

“If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.” -Saint Augustine

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying I cannot forgive” -Henry Ward Beecher

“Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.” -Lord Chesterfield

“Our unwillingness to forgive when we’ve been deeply hurt breeds self-pity and bitterness. If you will learn and experience God’s love and forgiveness through Jesus, you will have no problem in forgiving anyone for anything.” -Charlie “Tremendous” Jones, an acclaimed, now deceased, professional speaker, and I had the pleasure of being dramatically slapped by him during his speech to the Arizona Chapter of the National Speakers Association just two years prior to his passing! I forgave him and he gave me a hug.

Mark Twain, in his autobiography, told of a disagreement, a tirade actually, he had against a publisher who, at one time swindled him outrageously. Here’s his note of forgiveness: “He has been dead a quarter of a century now. I feel only compassion for him, and if I could sent him a fan, I would.”
It’s funny, but is that how you forgive and forget?

Last of all, here’s what Christ himself said about forgiveness: “I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men.”