Mercy Quotes

1395 Mercy quotes by 828 unique authors

We think in youth that our bodies are identical to ourselves and have the same interests, but discover later in life that they are heartless… — Rebecca West
Thus, from the first divine contract, and the pure region where truth abides, a continuous chain of mercies and light extends to humanity, through every… — Louis Claude de Saint-Martin
Growing in grace is a deepening realization of our nothingness; it is a heartfelt recognition that we are not worthy of the least of God's… — Arthur W. Pink
God's justice and God's mercy do not quarrel with each other. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
What is it to serve God and to do His will? Nothing else than to show mercy to our neighbor. For it is our own… — Martin Luther
Morality, thou deadly bane, Thy tens o' thousands thou hast slain! Vain is his hope, whose stay an' trust is In moral mercy, truth, and… — Robert Burns
If I did not believe, if I did not make what is called an act of faith (and each act of faith increases our faith,… — Dorothy Day
The contradictory remarks of politicians are forgotten; the more asinine predictions of pundits are buried with mercy. — Norman Mailer
Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater. — William E. Simon
Did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruined at our own request. — Hannah More
How frail and ephemeral is the material substance of letters, which makes their very survival so hazardous. Print has a permanence of its own, though… — Elizabeth Drew
Mercy surpasses justice. — Geoffrey Chaucer
Mercy, it's the revolution and I'm in my bathrobe! — Nicole Hollander
Actively we have woven ourselves with the very warp and woof of this nation-we have fought their battles, shared their sorrow, mingled our blood with… — W. E. B. Du Bois
A second-century rabbi said that if 999 angels gave a bad account of a man and one angel reported favorably, God would hear the one… — Israel Shenker
As a chamber hung round about with looking-glasses represents the face upon every turn, thus all the world doth the mercy and the bounty of… — Anthony Burgess
Your touch has still its ancient power, No word from You can fruitless fall; Hear, in this solemn evening hour, And in Your mercy heal… — Henry Twells
But the real life of a writer resides in showing up at the keyboard every day, with the necessary patience and mercy, and making the… — Steve Almond
It seems to me like Mother Nature's mercy and forgiveness have run dry, as we ceaselessly abuse her and take her for granted in order… — Gloria Reuben
Songs suffer at the mercy of the performer. — Jo Stafford
We are not at the mercy of events that transpired in our childhood unless we believe we are. — Lynn Grabhorn
No benefit comes from a just man's prayer if he who asks for it finds more pleasure in sin than in virtue. For Samuel mourned… — Maximus the Confessor
He who is a beginner on the way must not be brought to practise the commandments by kindness alone, but must more often be induced… — Maximus the Confessor
To mourn is to be extraordinarily vulnerable. It is to be at the mercy of inside feelings and outside events in a way most of… — Christian McEwen
Betwixt the stirrup and the ground Mercy I asked, mercy I found. — William Camden

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