Quotes about Mercy
I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
— Thomas Paine
I believe in the equality of man, and I believe that religious duties consist of doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
— Thomas Paine
Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace.
— Thomas Watson
The gospel sweetens the law.
— Thomas Watson
The mercies of God make a sinner proud, but a saint humble.
— Thomas Watson
If God should show mercy only to such as deserve it, he must show mercy to none.
— Thomas Watson
If God spares us as a father does his son, let us imitate God. It is natural for children to imitate their parents. Let us imitate God in this one thing: As God spares us, and passes by many failures, so let us be sparing in our censures of others; let us look upon the weaknesses and indiscretions of our brethren with...a more tender, compassionate eye. How much God bears with us!
— Thomas Watson
Every time we draw our breath we suck in mercy.
— Thomas Watson
Father, my heart, my heart; my dead heart, quicken it; my hard heart, soften it in Christ's blood. Father, my heart, my heart.' Surely God, who hears the cry of ravens, will hear the cry of his children!
— Thomas Watson
Daily bread may make us live comfortably but forgiveness of sins will make us die comfortably.
— Thomas Watson
Do they think the tree of blessing will drop its fruit into their mouth when they never shook it by prayer? God does not set His mercies at so low a rate as to cast them away upon those who do not seek them, Ezekiel 36:37.
— Thomas Watson
God did not choose us because we were worthy, but by choosing us He makes us worthy.
— Thomas Watson