Mercy Quotes
1395 Mercy quotes by 828 unique authors
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When God is about to give His people the expected good, He pours out a Spirit of prayer, and it is a good sign that…
— Matthew Henry
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And light is mingled with the gloom, And joy with grief; Divinest compensations come, Through thorns of judgment mercies bloom In sweet relief.
— John Greenleaf Whittier
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Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?...…
— Pope Francis
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A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.
— Pope Francis
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The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord's mercy motivates us to do better.
— Pope Francis
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First of all, you ask me if the God of Christians forgives one who doesn't believe and doesn't seek the faith. Premise that - and…
— Pope Francis
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Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.
— Robert Frost
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Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly…
— Bill Gates
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Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.
— John Gay
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God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world.
— Billy Graham
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I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I…
— Christopher Columbus
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Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.
— Mason Cooley
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Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to…
— Calvin Coolidge
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Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.
— Benedict Cumberbatch
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Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinate.
— Dorothy Day
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We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.
— George Eliot
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of…
— Queen Elizabeth II
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The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it grants to our sense of smell by the ferocity with…
— Havelock Ellis
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If you believe, as the Greeks did, that man is at the mercy of the gods, then you write tragedy. The end is inevitable from…
— Lillian Hellman
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Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both…
— Victor Hugo
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Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge.
— Meir Kahane
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The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.
— Ken Kesey
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Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.…
— Milan Kundera
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Being on a book tour is like being on the seesaw when you're a little kid. The excitement is in having someone to play with,…
— Anne Lamott
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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
— Abraham Lincoln
Who Wrote These Mercy Quotes
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