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Quotes About Mercy

Time is the Mercy of Eternity
~ William Blake
People mess up and make mistakes all the time. Everyone deserves a second chance right? - Brandon
~ Molly McAdams
Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of this scene
~ Mark Twain
The world is made wrong; kings should go to school to their own laws, at times, and so learn mercy.
~ Mark Twain
If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.
~ Mark Twain
The reign of Edward VI was a singularly merciful one for those harsh times. Now that we are taking leave of him let us try to keep this in our minds, to his credit
~ Mark Twain
And who has prayed for Satan? In eight hundred years, who has had the common decency to pray for the one sinner who needed it most?
~ Mark Twain
implore him to be a merciful ass and trample his duty under foot.
~ Mark Twain
The quality of mercy . . . is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest. it becomes The thronèd monarch better than his crown.
~ Mark Twain
Among the prisoners were a number of priests, and Joan took these under her protection and saved their lives. It was urged that they were most probably combatants in disguise, but she said: 'As to that, how can any tell? They wear the livery of God, and if even one of these wears it rightfully, surely it were better that all the guilty should escape than that we have upon our hands the blood of that innocent man. I will lodge them where I lodge, and feed them, and sent them away in safety.
~ Mark Twain
But who prays for Satan? Who in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?
~ Mark Twain
The quality of mercy . . . is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest. it becomes The thronèd monarch better than his crown. Merchant of Venice
~ Mark Twain
The world is made wrong, kings should go to school to their own laws at times, and so learn mercy. -Edward Tudor
~ Mark Twain
recovery from mental illness depended on the goodness, mercy, and rational behavior of others, we'd all be screwed. Peace of mind is inversely proportional to expectations. It's possible within any given moment of any given day to choose between self and sickness.
~ Mark Vonnegut
You don't shoot a dog when it is already dead.
~ Markus Zusak
God loves you.-Monica, Touched By An Angel
~ Martha Williamson
It's time for forgiveness. Forgive. Be forgiven. And God will fill you with a peace beyond all understanding.
~ Martha Williamson
Mercy is His gift. You shine with His divine light every time you are merciful and forgive someone.
~ Martha Williamson
God is faithful. He will stick with you even when you won't. He will forgive you even when you can't. His mercies are brand new every morning. This morning, He wants to give this day to you, and all the rest of your days, too. All you have to do . . . is say yes.
~ Martha Williamson
If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is the glory of our religion: that when man decides to rise up from his mistakes, from his sin, from his evil, there is a loving God saying, "Come home, I still love you.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive.He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.