Mercy Quotes - Page 28

• [The monks'] minds were inaccessible to reason or mercy . . .

  Edward Gibbon

  Mind, Monk, Reason

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• English law in 1572 decreed that beggars above 14 years of age are to be severely flogged and branded on the left ear unless some one will take them into service for two years; in case of a repetition of the offense, if they are over 18, they are to be executed, unless some one will take them into service for two years; but for the third offence they are to be executed without mercy as felons.

  Karl Marx

  Years, Law, Two

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• The Laws of Nature are just, but terrible. There is no weak mercy in them. Cause and consequence are inseparable and inevitable.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Law, Causes, Weak

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1873). “Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.452

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• As we watch the world today, sometimes it seems that we`re at the mercy of events instead of shaping events. And a strong America`s essential to shape events, and a strong America, by the way, depends on a strong military.

  Mitt Romney

  Strong, Military, America

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• If as we accept God is the perfect epitome of justice, mercy, goodness, and compassion, then our efforts to define the divine will through Sharia should be predicated on achieving a result that is merciful compassionate.

  Mark Durie

  Compassion, Perfect, Justice

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except upon the side of mercy.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Real, Character, Adversity

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.680, Library of Alexandria

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• For it is said, "You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him," that is to say, strengthen him until he needs no longer fall upon the mercy of the community or be in need.

  Maimonides

  Fall, Community, Needs

  "Mishneh Torah". Book by Maimonides, Book 7 (Sefer Zera'im "Seeds"), Treatise 2 (Mattenot Aniyiim "Laws of obligatory gifts to the poor"), Chapter (Perek) 10, Halacha 7,

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• There are wounds of the spirit which never close and are intended in God's mercy to bring us nearer to Him, and to prevent us leaving Him by their very perpetuity. Such wounds then may almost be taken as a pledge, or at least as a ground for a humble trust, that God will give us the great gift of perseverance to the end. This is how I comfort myself in my own great bereavements.

  John Henry Newman

  Perseverance, Taken, Humble

  John Henry Newman (1907). “Selections from the Prose and Poetry of John Henry Newman”, Boston, New York [etc.] Houghton, Mifflin [c1907]

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• Like most young people, these two attributed to the world their own intelligence and virtues. Youth who knows no failure has no mercy on the faults of other people; but it has also a sublime faith in them.

  Honore de Balzac

  Two, People, Sublime

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• In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for his mercies.

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Forget, Lord

  John Bunyan (1771). “Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners ... The twelfth edition, with his character”, p.137

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• Compassion is not a passion; rather a noble disposition of the soul, made ready to receive love, mercy, and other charitable passions.

  Dante Alighieri

  Passion, Soul, Noble

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• To measure your needs by that which is projected via mass media is a mistake that has no mercy. The average person views a minimum of one thousand advertisements a day. To say "no" to the most outrageous commercials is an act of responsibility that needs to be taught early and often.

  Haki R. Madhubuti

  Mistake, Responsibility, Views

  Haki R. Madhubuti (2002). “Tough Notes: A Healing Call for Creating Exceptional Black Men : Affirmations, Meditations, Readings, and Strategies”

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• When we call something unfair or indecent or unconscionable or evil, when we speak of mercy and pity and compassion, those words have meaning, regardless of our particular faith or moral philosophy. They appeal to common standards we all are expected to understand and accept, standards without which we could not live any common life at all.

  Matthew Scully

  Philosophy, Compassion, Evil

  Matthew Scully (2011). “Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy”, p.296, Souvenir Press

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• I John Hancock, . . . being advanced in years and being of perfect mind and memory-thanks be given to God-therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die [Hebrews 9:27], do make and ordain this my last will and testament...Principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it: and my body I recommend to the earth . . . nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mercy and power of God. . .

  John Hancock

  Memories, Men, Knowing

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• When God's mercies are coming, their footfalls are our desires to pray.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Desire, Praying

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Robert Hall (1993). “The Power of Prayer in a Believer's Life”, p.51, YWAM Publishing

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• When prayers are strongest, mercies are nearest.

  Edward Reynolds

  Prayer, Strongest

  Edward Reynolds (1838). “Israel's prayer in time of trouble: with God's gracious answer; an explication of the fourteenth chapter of Hosea, in seven sermons, preached upon days of solemn humiliation”, p.19

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• Mary was made Mother of God to obtain salvation for many who, on account of their wicked lives, could not be saved according to the rigor of Divine justice, but might be saved with the help of her sweet mercy and powerful intercession.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Mother, Sweet, Powerful

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• The servants of Mary are as sure of getting to Paradise as though they were already there. Who are they who are saved and who reign in Heaven? Surely those for whom the Queen of Mercy intercedes ... The clients of Mary will necessarily be saved.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Queens, Heaven, Reign

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• If my jeans could talk, they'd plead for mercy.

  Phyllis Diller

  Jeans, Ifs

  Phyllis Diller (1981). “The joys of aging--and how to avoid them: can sex keep you young? And other silly questions”, Doubleday Books

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• Repentance is a blessing to all of us. We each need to feel the Savior's arms of mercy through the forgiveness of our sins.

  Neil L. Andersen

  Blessing, Needs, Arms

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• As we learn in [the] scriptures, the fundamental purposes for the gift of agency were to love one another and to choose God. Thus we become God's chosen and invite His tender mercies as we use our agency to choose God.

  David A. Bednar

  Agency, Purpose, Use

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• Swimming for his life, a man does not see much of the country through which the river winds.

  William E. Gladstone

  Country, Swimming, Men

  Written in the diary, December 31, 1868.

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• I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Believe, I Believe, Believe In Me

  "Malala Yousafzai: 'It's hard to kill. Maybe that's why his hand was shaking'". Interview with Kamila Shamsie, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2013.

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• Mercy is compassion, kindness, empathy, forgiveness. While grace might be described as blessings and favor from God that we do not necessarily deserve, mercy represents not receiving what we do deserve because of the patience, love, and atonement of the Master.

  Brent L. Top

  Kindness, Blessing, Compassion

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• I think the people already know what they're doing wrong, and I certainly believe in Hell. But to me, when I see thousands of people before me, it just doesn't come out of me to say, 'You guys are terrible, and you're going to Hell.' I'd rather say that God is a God of mercy. You've got to live an obedient life, but for every mistake you've made, there's mercy there, and I believe we can do better.

  Joel Osteen

  Mistake, Believe, Thinking

  Source: www.cbn.com

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