Mercy Quotes

Our prayer and God's mercy are like
two buckets in a well; while the
one ascends the other descends.
?Mark Hopkins

The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It
droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice
bless'd; It blesseth him
that gives and him that takes.
?William Shakespeare

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.
?Lin Yutang

Computers are like Old Testament
gods; lots of rules and no mercy.
?Joseph Campbell

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
?William Shakespeare

I have always found that mercy
bears richer fruits than strict justice.
?Abraham Lincoln

Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell
There God is dwelling too.
For Mercy has a human heart,
Pity a human face,
And Love, the human form divine,
And Peace, the human dress.
?William Blake

Blessed are the merciful;
for they shall obtain mercy.
?Mathew; Bible

Human beings are not condemned,
because of their biological constitution,
to annihilate each other or to be at the
mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.
?Albert Einstein

Of all the characters of cruelty,
I consider the most despicable
the one that cloaks
himself in a garb of mercy.
?Fox

We hand folks over to God's mercy,
and show none ourselves.
George Eliot

Things which matter most must never be
at the mercy of things which matter least.
?Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The most valuable things in life are not
measured in monetary terms. The
really important things are not houses
and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles
and real estate, but friendships, trust,
confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.
?Bertrand Russell

There are three things in the world
that deserve no mercy,
hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.
?Frederick W. Robertson