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Quotes About Mercy

What does it cost us to say: "My God help me! Have mercy on me!" Is there anything easier than this? And this little will suffice to save us if we be diligent in doing it.
~ Alphonsus Liguori
Oh Lord, help me change my ways, Show a litlle mercy on judgement day, It aint me I was raised this way, Never let em' play me for a busta, Makin' hell for a huslter.
~ Tupac Shakur
We have only one task, to stand firm and carry on the racial struggle without mercy.
~ Heinrich Himmler
No one in the history of the world has been more inclusive of repentant sinners than Jesus and no one has been more intolerant of sin.
~ Kevin DeYoung
We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly.
~ Mother Teresa
True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
~ John Ortberg
Jesus is nuts about kids. He doesn't seem to think much of lawyers which really lands close to home, but He's nuts about kids and loves justice.
~ Bob Goff
Werewolf games,' Mercy said solemnly, 'play for keeps, or go home.' She was so cute sometimes it made Adam's heart hurt.
~ Patricia Briggs
Confession is an act of honesty and courage - an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God.
~ Pope John Paul II
Mercy should be given once to a person and it is priceless. This person then should be very honest and should promise not to commit the same particular mistake again.
~ Saaif Alam
Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less they deserve ... the more merit in your bounty.
~ William Shakespeare
Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved and forgiven.
~ Pope Francis
Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
~ Saint Augustine
Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy.
~ Isidore of Seville
Apart from the mercy of God, there is no other source of hope for mankind.
~ Pope John Paul II
I have not lost Allah's hope in us to show compassion where none exists and to extend mercy in the most difficult of circumstances. We as Muslims must lead by example.
~ Muhammad Ali
God's reckless grace is our greatest hope.
~ Timothy Keller
The law works fear and wrath; grace works hope and mercy.
~ Martin Luther
Tears terrify people more than anger because they attach to your heart and leave angels of mercy to shout in your mind.
~ Shannon L. Alder
There is help for the helpless, hope for the hopeless, and forgiveness for the inexcusable.
~ Mary A. Pérez
To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.
~ Maximilien Robespierre
I have not been sent to curse people, but as a mercy to all mankind.
~ Muhammad
10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction.
~ Susan Sontag
Compassion is the chief law of human existence.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky