Mercy Quotes
1395 Mercy quotes by 828 unique authors
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The gods, after all, are only human, and once their rage has been placated they are perfectly capable of acts of mercy and grace.
— Thomas M. Disch
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Life is made for the strong. There is no mercy in it for the weak– none...Such is the tragedy of desire.
— Theodore Dreiser
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Peace comes from the absence of fear, from a consciousness of trust, from a deep, underlying faith in the absolute goodness and mercy, the final…
— Ernest Holmes
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Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, here, my poor man, but be grateful that the…
— Swami Vivekananda
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The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to…
— Ronald Speirs
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Grace is more than mercy and love. It super-adds to them. It denotes, not simply love, but the love of a sovereign, transcendent Superior. One…
— Thomas Goodwin
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There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.
— Richard Sibbes
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What is the gospel itself but a merciful moderation, in which Christ's obedience is esteemed ours, and our sins laid upon him, wherein God, from…
— Richard Sibbes
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No sin is so great but the satisfaction of Christ and His mercies are greater; it is beyond comparison. Fathers and mothers in tenderest affections…
— Richard Sibbes
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May poetry and God's name have mercy on us!
— Mahmoud Darwish
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Written in support of abolishing the Corn Laws, it became Elliott's most famous poem. The Peoples Anthem When wilt thou save the people Oh, God…
— Ebenezer Elliott
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I have a secret passion for mercy. . . but justice is what keeps happening to people.
— Ross Macdonald
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The spirit of Lincoln still lives; that spirit born of the teachings of the Nazarene, who promised mercy to the merciful, who lifted the lowly,…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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His words even imply that philanthropy has deeper depths than is generally realized. The great emotions of compassion and mercy are traced to Him; there…
— Fulton J. Sheen
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Hark the herald angels sing 'Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled' Joyful, all ye nations rise…
— Charles Wesley
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Kill the Germans, wherever you find them! Every German is our moral enemy. Have no mercy on women, children, or the aged! Kill every German…
— Ilya Ehrenburg
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Water of life is gonna flow again/changed from the blood of heroes and knaves/Word mercy's gonna have a new meaning/ when we are judged by…
— Bruce Cockburn
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When our needs are permitted to grow to an extremity, and all visible hopes fail, then to have relief given wonderfully enhances the price of…
— John Flavel
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The motive is this, 'Oh! that God could be glorified, that Jesus might see the reward of his sufferings! Oh! that sinners might be saved,…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history, and you will find that scarecely ever did a great mercy come to this world…
— Charles Spurgeon
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