Quotes About Mercy

I'm feeling generous today. You get to live.

It doesn't matter how great your sins are; God's grace is big enough to forgive and cleanse them.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

The only thing evil can't stand is forgiveness.

One of my wise teachers, Dr. William F. Orr, told me, "There is only one thing evil cannot stand and that is forgiveness.

The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted

Though we deserve your wrath, you instead always give us compassion.

You must forgive them, my child. Forgiveness is a part of penitence.

sensed the insignificance of himself and the impertinent smallness of the boat, the loneliness that the sea can inspire. Those alone who have journeyed on the sea and in the sky, or across the great snows or over desert sands, know the feeling. All are vast, merciless, but most awesome of all is the sea, because it moves.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Lord, forgive us for the times we have read about Gethsemane with dry eyes.

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small.

Derrière l'humble croyance à un Paradis situé dans les nuages, il y a au moins un fond de vérité inaliénable, et surtout - et cela est sans prix - une réalité miséricordieuse qui ne déçoit jamais

If at any time you are chastened of God, take it as thankfully and joyfully as in greatest mercies, for if ye be his ye shall reap the greatest benefit by it.

Euthanasia" is an excellent and comforting word! I am grateful to whoever invented it.

Nobody in need of forgiveness deserves it," Konrad said. "Not one person. We all make foolish mistakes that we cannot fix. Though we may not deserve forgiveness, we all have a right to it. Just for having the courage to live in this difficult world, where fallible people do imperfect things. The supply of forgiveness is unlimited." "The name of the Unforgiving Blade is no accident

Leniency and mercy. Men set free despite crimes, because they were good fathers, or well liked in the community, or in the favor of someone important. "Some of those who are set free change their lives and go on to produce for society. Others recidivate and create great tragedies. The thing is, Szeth son Neturo, we humans are terrible at spotting which will be which. The purpose of the law is so we do not have to choose. So our native sentimentality will not harm us.

We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need it--because we need it.

a reprieve like that "a tender mercy

For Ragamuffins, God's name is Mercy. We see our darkness as a prized possession because it drives us into the heart of God. Without mercy our darkness would plunge us into despair - for some, self-destruction. Time alone with God reveals the unfathomable depths of the poverty of the spirit. We are so poor that even our poverty is not our own: It belongs to the mysterium tremendum of a loving God.

When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God's gift of grace.

The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotions or Sunday church. His ministry was to those whom society considered real sinners. They had done nothing to merit salvation. Yet they opened themselves to the gift that was offered them. On the other hand, the self-righteous placed their trust in the works of the Law and closed their hearts to the message of grace.