Mercy Quotes

1395 Mercy quotes by 828 unique authors

Buddha taught kindness towards lower beings; and since then there has not been a sect in India that has not taught charity to all beings,… — Swami Vivekananda
There is another way in which this idea of mercy and selfless charity can be put into practice; that is, by looking upon work as… — Swami Vivekananda
The truly scientific mind is altogether unafraid of the new, and while having no mercy for ideas which have served their turn or shown their… — Wilfred Trotter
Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and eternal truth, and… — Maria Weston Chapman
We simply cannot delegate the exercise of mercy and generosity to others. — Margaret Thatcher
Once I get the ball, you're at my mercy. There is nothing you can say or do about it. I own the ball. — Michael Jordan
Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice. — Anselm of Canterbury
Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers. — Gerrit Smith
We do pray for mercy, and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy. — William Shakespeare
I say to our enemies: We are coming. God may have mercy on you, but we won't — John McCain
A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof. The throwing… — William Hazlitt
God help us, ma'am! Do you see what we saw? We saw that we'd been given a law to live by, a moral law, they… — Ayn Rand
If it is a terrifying thought that life is at the mercy of the multiplication of these minute bodies [microbes], it is a consoling hope… — Louis Pasteur
Embrace in one act the two truths-thine own sin, and God's infinite mercy in Jesus Christ. — Alexander MacLaren
You do not really care for God's mercy or His comfort either, so long as you live in any sin. And it is well that… — Alexander Whyte
Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy. — Isidore of Seville
Confession is an act of honesty and courage - an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God. — Pope John Paul II
They are deceived who flatter themselves that the ignorant and debased slave has no conception of the magnitude of his wrongs. They are deceived who… — Solomon Northup
You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are peace and joy and light. You are forgiveness and patience, strength and courage, a… — Neale Donald Walsch
Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires. — Khalil Gibran
There are no idealists in the plant world and no compassion. The rose and the morning glory know no mercy. Bindweed, the morning glory, will… — Hal Borland
I want education for the sons and daughters of the Taliban and all the terrorists and extremists. I do not even hate the Talib who… — Malala Yousafzai
How many people also in our time are in search of God, in search of Jesus and of his Church, in search of divine mercy,… — Pope Benedict XVI
One has been a poor spectator of life if one has not witnessed the hand - that kills from mercy. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Whether the authorities be invaders or merely local tyrants, the effect of such [gun control] laws is to place the individual at the mercy of… — Robert A. Heinlein

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