Quotes about Mercy
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
Some murmur when the sky is clear and wholly bright to view, if one small speck of dark appear in their great heaven of blue: And some with thankful love are filled, if but one streak of light, one ray of God's good mercy, gild the darkness of their night.
— Henry B. Eyring
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
— Henry Ward Beecher
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
— Henry Ward Beecher
I understand God's patience with the wicked, but I do wonder how He can be so patient with the pious. —GEORGE MACDONALD
— Leonard Sweet
Lord, do not charge them with this sin.
— Janette Oke