Mercy Quotes · Page 14

“Mercy and weakness are the same thing in war, and there's no prize for nice behavior.”

— Joe Abercrombie

Throwing away good food was like stealing from poor people

— Anonymous

“Certain actions bring harm, other more wizened actions bring harmony.”

— Mango Wodzak

The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.

— Charles Churchill

Once war becomes a clash of absolutes, there is no breathing room for mercy. Absolute truth is blind truth.

— Deepak Chopra

The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

— Billy Graham

It's hard to market a movie when you're at the mercy of critics and journalists.

— Harvey Weinstein

Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.

— Anselm of Canterbury

Have mercy on me, OGod, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.

— Psalm 51:1

There is a technique, a knack, for thinking, just as there is for doing other things. You are not wholly at the…

— Alfred North Whitehead

We may imitate the Deity in all His attributes; but mercy is the only one in which we can pretend to equal…

— Laurence Sterne

You lead me and keep me from falling. You carry me close to Your heart. And surely Your goodness and mercy will…

— Chris Tomlin

God's grace and mercy are bigger than the biggest challenge we may face today and the worst decision we might make today.

— Jonathan Morris

When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost, in wonder, love and praise.

— Joseph Addison

Most pioneers are at the mercy of doubt at the beginning, whether of their worth, of their theories, or of the whole…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Commending the victims to almighty God's mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the…

— Pope John Paul II

You have choice. You can select joy over despair. You can select happiness over tears. You can select action over apathy. You…

— Leo Buscaglia

“Ultimately, that’s what evil is . . . it’s something bad without an explanation. Which is why it’s terrifying. And as for…

— William Brodrick

There is a strength, a power even, in understanding brokenness, because embracing our brokenness creates a need and desire for mercy, and…

— Bryan Stevenson

“We think that mercy is a sweeter and easier thing than justice, but it is not so; for justice takes us as…

— Anthony Esolen

Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply in those modernizing countries…

— Ferdinand Marcos

We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a…

— Bryan Stevenson

“The nearer Christ comes to a heart, the more it becomes conscious of its guilt; it will then either ask for his…

— Fulton J. Sheen

“The death of the innocent, sinless Christ and the imputation of Christ’s righteousness to us satisfy God’s justice and holiness. If, however,…

— David K. Bernard

For Mercy has a human heart Pity, a human face: And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.

— William Blake

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice.

— William Hazlitt

Far from rejecting such a good man as you, He never even abandons a wicked man who hopes for His mercy.

— Vincent de Paul

Good Heaven, whose darling attribute we find is boundless grace, and mercy to mankind, abhors the cruel.

— John Dryden

Too often, Indian tribes are at the mercy of the shifting political winds of State government.

— Jim Costa

“Divine blessing flows from God’s mercy rather than from our merit.”

— Bryan Chapell

“God extend His power of great mercy and forgiveness to all men.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

We will have no mercy for white people regarding the land, they cannot own our soil.

— Robert Mugabe

It is by virtue of the atonement that God can maintain His justice and yet demonstrate His mercy...

— R. C. Sproul

If, as Niko asks, you show them mercy, then the gods will be well pleased.

— Janet Morris

Justice and mercy/ Are human dreams, they do not concern the birds nor the fish nor eternal God.

— Robinson Jeffers

Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four.

— Terry Pratchett

“The measure of a man's power is the depth of his mercy.”

— Christopher Moore

Special mercy arouses more gratitude than universal mercy.

— Richard Baxter

“Whoever does not show mercy to people, Allah will not show mercy to him.”

— Darussalam

Being in love means being at the mercy of someone's childhood.

— Hanif Kureishi