Mercy Quotes · Page 19

There is a mercy which is weakness, and even treason against the common good.

— George Eliot

God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.

— George Herbert

As I live in awareness of, growth in, and gratitude for mercy, my life will bring glory to Him

— Sandy Smith

Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.

— Thomas Aquinas

Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative.

— Louis Dudek

Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.

— John Gay

Mercy more becomes a magistrate than the vindictive wrath which men call justice.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’[39] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

— Anonymous

Christians are those who let God clothe them with goodness and mercy, with Christ, so as to become, like Christ, servants of…

— Pope Francis

“Joy blossoms in our hearts not as we try harder and harder to grow, but as we see more clearly the depth…

— Barbara Duguid

Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in joy? Is…

— William Shakespeare

Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you're giving it up, you're at the mercy…

— Christian Bale

“Revenge in the hands of your enemies is a loaded gun. You can beg them for mercy, wave the white flag of…

— Anonymous

“What a beautiful truth of faith this is for our lives: the mercy of God! God’s love for us is so great,…

— Pope Francis

What does it cost us to say: "My God help me! Have mercy on me!" Is there anything easier than this? And…

— Alphonsus Liguori

“Stop badgering this unfortunate little woman! Is there no mercy left in the world anymore? What has become of compassion and understanding?…

— Tennessee Williams

“The mercy of the world is time. Time does not stop for love, but it does not stop for death and grief,…

— Wendell Berry

I once heard a spiritual man say that he was not so much astonished at the things done by a soul in…

— Teresa of Avila

“Here’s what I learned about life when we were going through that. We’re all human and mortal. We’re all going to suffer…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

The real issue of dealing with proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: nuclear, chemical or biological is: What is your tolerance for…

— John Bolton

“Yet I returned to the central values of Christianity - sacrifice, redemption, forgiveness - because I found them so compelling. There is…

— Paul Kalanithi

People don't have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love. Then, when you're dead, when they've…

— Anonymous

The God of Christianity never claims to be fair. He goes beyond fair. The Bible teaches that he decided not to give…

— Andy Stanley

Of him that hopes to be forgiven it is indispensably required that he forgive. It is, therefore, superfluous to urge any other…

— Samuel Johnson

“This institution of higher education had no such concept as mercy.”

— Marina Dyachenko

One has been a poor spectator of life if one has not witnessed the hand - that kills from mercy.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Break their hearts my pride and hope, break their hearts and have no mercy. -Miss Havisham

— Charles Dickens

Sky of blackness and sorrow, sky of love, sky of tears. Sky of glory and sadness, sky of mercy, sky of fear.

— Bruce Springsteen

One drop of the Lord's mercy is better than an ocean of the world's comfort.

— Lysa TerKeurst

Nowhere are the generosity and the kindness and mercy of God more manifest than in repentance.

— Boyd K. Packer

Because of God's grace and mercy your future can be greater than your past.

— Anonymous

Sometimes you are at the mercy of record companies or publishing companies.

— Belinda Carlisle

Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.

— William Shakespeare

That sorrow for sin that keeps the soul from looking towards the mercy seat is a sinful sorrow.

— Thomas Brooks

We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.

— Vera Brittain

Why should I not hate mine enemies―if I "love" them does that not place me at their mercy?

— Anton Szandor LaVey

If you are not with me, you are against me. I have no mercy for my enemies.

— Karen Marie Moning

by the mercy of God all the ideas of youth are reversible!

— Katherine Cecil Thurston

“Show some mercy to your 'time', don't always waste it.”

— Amit Kalantri

Mercy was more frightening than murder, because it was harder.

— Kristin Cashore