Mercy Quotes
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by the mercy of God all the ideas of youth are reversible!
Katherine Cecil Thurston -
A quality of justice A quantity of light A particle of mercy Makes the color of right.
Neil Peart Rush
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If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. -
The stronger becomes master of the weaker, in so far as the latter cannot assert its degree of independence - here there is no mercy, no forbearance, even less a respect for 'laws.'
Friedrich Nietzsche -
Embrace more deeply His love, His mercy and grace, and the powerful gifts of His Atonement.
Neil L. Andersen -
Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offense?
William Shakespeare -
May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors.
Michael Servetus -
Everybody cryin' mercy / When they don't know the meaning of the word.
Mose Allison
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Mercy begins with a deep awareness of one’s own need for it. Whereas Alinsky first sees injustice in others, the man of mercy first sees sin within himself.
Charles J. Chaput -
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 -
'I’ve thrown myself on your mercy, told you that without your help I’m utterly lost.What else is there?' She suddenly moved close to him on the settee and cried angrily: 'Can I buy you with my body?'
Dashiell Hammett -
This surpassed the fear of death. Death would be a mercy if it would make the feeling stop, the uncontrollable panic mingling with the mind-scrambling certainty of something sinister approaching, something with no need to hurry, something that would not be so kind as to let him die. The fear was palpable, suffocating, irresistible.
Brandon Mull -
Everything exists; nothing exists. Either formula affords a like serenity. The man of anxiety, to his misfortune, remains between them, trembling and perplexed, forever at the mercy of a nuance, incapable of gaining a foothold in the security of being or in the absence of being.
Emil Cioran -
Shaytan will tell you that you’re not worthy, so give up. But his traps are based on lies. When was any of it because of *your* worth? It was all because of His mercy, His generosity, His love of giving, and forgiving. And those qualities don’t change because you’re messing up. Just seek them. Call Him by His mercy, not by your deeds.
Yasmin Mogahed
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When in doubt, lean to the side of mercy.
Miguel de Cervantes -
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 -
Mercy is not giving someone what they deserve. Grace is giving someone what they don't deserve. Extend God's wisdom in your relationships.
Andrew Wommack -
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 -
Indeed, mercy is God’s very own justice.
Walter Kasper -
That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
William Blake -
Grace is when God gives us what we don't deserve and Mercy is when God doesn't give us what we do deserve.
J. M. Roberts -
Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for.
Sarah Ban Breathnach -
This is what I want to be. An instrument of mercy, not vengeance.
Robin LaFevers