Mercy Quotes
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No mercy goes unpunished by the angry gods.
Critias
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Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
William Cowper
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Go warn the children of God of the terrible speed of mercy.
Flannery O'Connor
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And lovelier things have mercy shownTo every failing but their own,And every woe a tear can claimExcept an erring sister's shame.
Lord Byron
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The things which must be, must be for the best, God helps us do our duty and not shrink, And trust His mercy humbly for the rest.
Bill Vaughan
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Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.
George Bernard Shaw
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I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude.
William Banting
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I heard an Angel singing; When the day was springing, Mercy, Pity, Peace; Is the world's release.
William Blake
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My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.
Bahá'u'lláh
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This is the spirit of the Order, indeed the true spirit of Mercy flowing on us.
Catherine McAuley
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O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul.
Anne Boleyn
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There are two things without limit – the stupidity of Man and the mercy of God.
K. W. Jeter
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A girl without a mother who protects her is a girl at the mercy of the world.
Barbara O'Neal
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The first bombs looked like livid shooting stars. Then, as they began their shrieking fall, the bomb trails converged. God had not shown mercy, the British possessed none and Copenhagen must suffer.
Bernard Cornwell
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The only tangible thing is her, in my arms. I hang on, fighting for breath, pleading for mercy and blessings I don’t deserve.
Zara Cox
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I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is mercy; the second is economy. The third is daring not to be ahead of others. From mercy comes courage; from economy comes generosity; From humility comes leadership.
Lao Tzu
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We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving.
Joel Osteen
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Sadly, many people in our biggest cities are at the mercy of industrial food.
Kimbal Musk
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I'm afraid we live at the mercy of a power, maybe a God, without mercy. And yet we find it, as I have, from others.
Philip Levine
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We never understand what we're praying, and God, in His mercy, does not answer our prayers according to our understanding, but according to His wisdom.
Rich Mullins
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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. Yes. This is what I want to be. An instrument of mercy, not vengeance.
Robin LaFevers
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May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.
George Washington
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy's door.
William Cowper
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But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a moment, and Our Lady takes advantage of His inattention to grant an illicit mercy. God...is an Anglican, whereas Our Lady is of the True Faith; the two of Them have an uneasy relationship, unable to agree on anything, except that if They divorce, the Devil will leap gleefully into the breach.
Michel Faber