Quotes about Mercy
Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn't mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.
— Timothy Keller
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
— Winston Churchill
Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now i see.
— John Newton
It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity... Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others.
— St. John Chrysostom
Rats and roaches live by competition under the law of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.
— Wendell Berry
We shall not kill and maybe next time we even won't.
— William Faulkner
if there was anything at all in the Book, anything of hope and peace for His blind and bewildered spawn which He had chosen above all others to offer immortality, THOU SHALT NOT KILL must be it...
— William Faulkner
Something to forgive is a purer joy than geometry.
— William Golding
Walking in love means giving the other person what he or she needs the most when it is least deserved, because that's exactly how God has treated you.
— Chip Ingram
Love is not a feeling; it's giving someone what he or she needs most when it is least deserved. That's how God loved me, and I choose to stick with the program.
— Chip Ingram
What is a peacemaker? Peacemakers are the mercy of God to a sinful world.
— Heidi Baker
We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.
— Heinrich Heine