Character Quote by Brent Weeks Download Open image ““But mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice.”” — Brent Weeks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Compassion Injustice Justice Mercy Virtue
“The time's gone by for sentiment and all that foolery. Mercy's all very well but after all it's justice that clinches the bargain.” — Walter de la Mare Copy Share Image
“And men who do not expect to receive mercy eventually lose their inclination to grant it.” — Caputo Philip Copy Share Image
“We would soon be on our way to war, where mercy is unwise and kindness has no place.” — Andrew Levkoff Copy Share Image
“We think that mercy is a sweeter and easier thing than justice, but it is not so; for justice takes us as we are,… — Anthony Esolen Copy Share Image
“Mercy is a contingency plan, devised by the guilty in the eventuality that they are caught. Justice is the domain of the just. - Richard Rahl” — Terry Goodkind Copy Share
“Mercy means that we no longer constantly judge everybody’s large and tiny failures, foolish hearts, dubious convictions, and inevitable bad behavior. We will never… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Everything we need has been given to us in Christ. Therefore, with no need for vengeance or mere justice, we are free to extend… — Thom Gardner Copy Share Image
“Mercy is radical kindness. Mercy means offering or being offered aid in desperate straits. Mercy is not deserved. It involves absolving the unabsolvable, forgiving… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Even the smallest tender mercy can bring peace when recognized and appreciated.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.† Mercy triumphs over judgment.” — Zondervan Publishing Copy Share Image
“life is our battlefield. We must do what we know to do, not what we want to do.” — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
Why is it, my shadow-striding friend, that we don't fear dreams? We lose consciousness, lose control, things happen with no apparent logic and abiding… — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
Sometimes after a compliment about my characterization skills, I'm asked if I model my characters on real people. Emphatically, no. And sort of, yes. — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
When you don't know what to do, do what's right and do what's in front of you. But not necessarily what's right in front… — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
It's easier for me to write certain character types because of my own life experiences, but I find it too artistically limiting to only… — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
“At some point, you have to decide not merely what you're going to believe, but how you're going to believe. Are you going to believe in people , or in ideas, or in Orholam? With your heart, or with your head? Will you believe what's in front of you, or in what you think you know? There are some things… — Brent Weeks Copy Share
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced to face issues and emotions, feelings, that they have. So it kind of forces them to face it head on, which I think is a really interesting dynamic. And I think it should be interesting and… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
