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Quotes About Mercy

As mercy is God's goodness confronting human misery and guilt, so grace is his goodness directed toward human debt and demerit.
~ Aiden Wilson Tozer
When God forgives, He at once restores.
~ Theodore Epp
Those who will not deliver themselves into the hand of God's mercy cannot be delivered out of the hand of His justice.
~ Matthew Henry
Perhaps the best god would be like a woman, because only women really knew how to forgive
~ Rudolfo Anaya
To keep it simple, why did God choose me? Because He felt like it!
~ Shai Linne
First, forgive. Second, forget by choosing not to dwell on that which is forgiven and in the past. We have no right to keep in front of us what God has put behind Him.
~ David Jeremiah
The grace of God is courtesy.
~ Hilaire Belloc
We never know who they are that God will draw, and have nothing to do with it. Our duty is to invite all, and leave it to God to choose the vessels of mercy.
~ J. C. Ryle
Every day of our Christian experience should be a day of relating to God on the basis of His grace alone. We are not only saved by grace, but we also live by grace every day.
~ Jerry Bridges
No heart can conceive that treasury of mercies which lies in this one privilege, in having liberty and ability to approach unto God at all times, according to his mind and will.
~ John Owen
God's grace and mercy are bigger than the biggest challenge we may face today and the worst decision we might make today.
~ Jonathan Morris
Christians are those who let God clothe them with goodness and mercy, with Christ, so as to become, like Christ, servants of God and others.
~ Pope Francis
Grace is the understanding that God is a better savior than you are a sinner.
~ Christopher Love
God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver.
~ Timothy Keller
Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.
~ William Penn
The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted
~ Fred Rogers
Mercy is like the rainbow, which God hath set in the clouds; it never shines after it is night. If we refuse mercy here, we shall have justice in eternity.
~ Jeremy Taylor
See how ye Pharisee in the Temple stands, And justifies himself with lifted hands. Whilst ye poor publican with downcast eyes, Conscious of guilt to God for mercy cries.
~ John Bunyan
God works powerfully, but for the most part gently and gradually.
~ John Newton
You know the expression 'God protects fools and drunks'? I qualify for both.
~ Lou Reed
When God's justice falls, we are offended because we think God owes perpetual mercy. We must not take His grace for granted. We must never lose our capacity to be amazed by grace
~ R. C. Sproul
Any good that comes our way doesn't come to us solely because we have done something good, but because God is good.
~ Ray Comfort
The one thing about God that's so beautiful is He is omnipotent, and He is the Almighty. But He's not a dictator.
~ Smokey Robinson
Truly, God works in mysterious ways. The wheels of His mercy and justice move quietly, but they do move.
~ Billy Graham