Mercy Quotes
1395 Mercy quotes by 828 unique authors
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To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, the luxuries of electricity, indoor plumbing, central…
— Edward Abbey
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Take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through the finest sieve and then show me one atom of…
— Terry Pratchett
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Why are we designed to see the world as supremely beautiful just as we're about to be snuffed? Do rabbits feel the same as the…
— Margaret Atwood
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There is an oath upon her," he said to Arch, and I realized dimly that he was still speaking in Gaelic, though I understood him…
— Diana Gabaldon
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You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself. Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure of personal experience,…
— Vera Nazarian
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It's daft, locking us up," said Nanny. "I'd have had us killed." "That's because you're basically good," said Magrat. "The good are innocent and create…
— Terry Pratchett
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Love can transform us. It can be a healing force or a disaster, a tidal wave, a tornado. It can burn and scar us or…
— Francesca Lia Block
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Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how…
— Suzanne Collins
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Mother of mercy,"said Tovar."And that caused the riot?" "It's the other way around,"said Kira sheepishly."We started the riot as a distraction for the jaibreak." Tovar…
— Dan Wells
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Little Words When you are gone, there is nor bloom nor leaf, Nor singing sea at night, nor silver birds; And I can only stare,…
— Dorothy Parker
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...humankind's limited scope of mercy was reserved for their own.
— Stephenie Meyer
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The kingdoms' people were at the mercy of the natures of those who rose to be their rulers. It was a gamble, and the current…
— Kristin Cashore
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I guess mercy is a muscle like any other. You got to exercise it, or it just cramp right up.
— Esi Edugyan
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives…
— Timothy Keller
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The body on the ground is nothing more than a shell, a husk, and I am filled with a sense of peace. Yes, I think.…
— R.L. LaFevers
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If I lived by some code, my actions would become predictable. The enemy would take advantage of this and I’d be killed. An honorable death…
— Frank Beddor
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Mercy!" cried Gandalf. "If the giving of knowledge is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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Love, Mercy, and Grace, sisters all, attend your wounds of silence and hope.
— Aberjhani
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Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.
— Adam Smith
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I gave my artistic laugh and also threw in some quirky language for good measure. "Lawks-a-mercy, no! I'm going to have a long bath and..."…
— Louise Rennison
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Cor, love a duck. And also Lawks-a-mercy. I said that inwardly, but outwardly I said, "Blimey, and also, what larks.
— Louise Rennison
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At this hour Lie at my mercy all mine enemies.
— William Shakespeare
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The truth is there are a million steps, and we don't even know what the steps are, and worse, at any given moment we may…
— Donald Miller
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Grace has to be the loveliest word in the English language. It embodies almost every attractive quality we hope to find in others. Grace is…
— Charles R. Swindoll
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The Christian gospel is a summons to peace, calling for justice beyond anger, mercy beyond justice, forgiveness beyond mercy, love beyond forgiveness.
— Wendell Berry
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