Quotes on Mercy

Do not judge yourself harshly. Without mercy for ourselves we cannot love the world.

MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders.

Jesus’ Cross shows the full force of evil, but also the full power of God’s mercy.

These heavy troubles are heralds of weighty mercies.

God, have mercy on me in the blindness in which I hope I am seeking You!

Let us never forget this, he is pure mercy, let us go to Jesus!

Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved and forgiven.

My god_x000D_ how gentle you are with me_x000D_ in spite of my great ignorance_x000D_ and how merciful You are with me_x000D_ in spite of my ugly deeds

A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.

We're poor little lambs who've lost our way, Baa! Baa! Baa! We're little black sheep who've gone astray, Baa-aa-aa! Gentlemen-rankers out on the spree, Damned from here to Eternity, God ha' mercy on such as we, Baa! Yah! Bah!

Mercy can purge the soul of sin, making room for a fresh start. Truth is vital in order that we have an unvarying standard by which to determine what we are to be and to do and what we are to rid ourselves of. All the cardinal virtues, therefore, carry their own intrinsic as well as outward reward. A merciful man does do good to his own soul.

You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God.

The way to attain the virtue of mercy lies in our constant awareness of being encompassed by mercy.

Liberty and equality, spontaneity and security, happiness and knowledge, mercy and justice - all these are ultimate human values, sought for themselves alone; yet when they are incompatible, they cannot all be attained, choices must be made, sometimes tragic losses accepted in the pursuit of some preferred ultimate end.

I am thankful for small mercies. I compared notes with one of my friends who expect everything of the universe, and is disappointed when anything is less than the best, and I found that I begin at the other extreme, expecting nothing, and am always full of thanks for moderate good. . . . If we will take the good we find, . . . we shall have heaping measures. . . .

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

Nature is what we know. We do not know the gods of religions. And nature is not kind, or merciful, or loving. If God made me - the fabled God of the three qualities of which I spoke: mercy, kindness, love - He also made the fish I catch and eat. And where do His mercy, kindness, and love for that fish come in? No; nature made us - nature did it all - not the gods of the religions.

Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.

I am an old sinner; and if God had designed mercy for me, he would have called me home to himself before now.

Nevertheless, the liturgy of Ash Wednesday is not focussed on the sinfulness of the penitent but on the mercy of God. The question of sinfulness is raised precisely because this is a day of mercy, and the just do not need a savior.

If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at your mercy.