Quotes on Mercy

The old saying holds. Owe your banker �1000 and you are at his mercy; owe him �1 million and the position is reversed.

Prayers will never reach God unless they are founded on free mercy.

Apart from the mercy of God, there is no other source of hope for mankind.

Where, if not in the Divine Mercy, can the world find refuge and the light of hope?

We cannot trust in our own strength, but only in Jesus and in his mercy.

God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.

Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society.

Commending the victims to almighty God's mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.

Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.

Ultimately, the human being is in the mercy of nature.

Father of mercy and God of all consolation, graciously look upon me and impart to me the blessing which flows from this holy Sacrament. Overshadow me with Your loving kindness, and let this divine Mystery bear fruit in me.

There is not a flower that opens, not a seed that falls into the ground, and not an ear of wheat that nods on the end of its stalk in the wind that does not preach and proclaim the greatness and the mercy of God to the whole world.

Sweet Mercy! to the gates of heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour, And memory of Earth's bitter leaven Effaced forever.

Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history, and you will find that scarecely ever did a great mercy come to this world unheralded by supplication.

The motive is this, 'Oh! that God could be glorified, that Jesus might see the reward of his sufferings! Oh! that sinners might be saved, so that God might have new tongues to praise him, new hearts to love him! Oh! that sin were put an end to, that the holiness, righteousness, mercy, and power of God might be magnifi ed!' This is the way to pray; when thy prayers seek God's glory, it is God's glory to answer thy prayers.

HARK how all the Welkin rings_x000D_ "Glory to the Kings of Kings,_x000D_ "Peace on Earth, and Mercy mild,_x000D_ "GOD and Sinners reconcil'd!_x000D_ Joyful all ye Nations rise,_x000D_ Join the Triumph of the Skies,_x000D_ Universal Nature say_x000D_ "CHRIST the LORD is born to Day!

There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.

The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it.

Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, here, my poor man, but be grateful that the poor man is there, so by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.It is not the reciever that is blessed, but it is the giver.Be thankful that you are allowed to exercise your power of benevolence and mercy in the world, and thus become pure and perfect.

Man prays for mercy, but is unwilling to extend it to others. Why then should man expect mercy from God? It is _x000D_ unfair to expect something that you are not willing to give.

Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.