Mercy Quotes - Page 37

• Never beg for mercy. Accept that you have failed. Begging is for dogs and humans.

  Paolo Bacigalupi

  Dog, Accepting, Begging

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• This is our Lord’s will, that our prayer and our trust be both alike large. For if we trust not as much as we pray, we do not full worship to our Lord in our prayer, and also we tarry and pain our self. The cause is, as I believe, that we know not truly that our Lord is Ground on whom our prayer springeth; and also that we know not that it is given us by the grace of His love. For if we knew this, it would make us to trust to have, of our Lord’s gift, all that we desire. For I am sure that no man asketh mercy and grace with true meaning, but if mercy and grace be first given to him.

  Julian of Norwich

  Prayer, Pain, Believe

  Julian of Norwich, Grace Warrack (2017). “Revelations of Divine Love”, p.95, Lulu.com

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• The idea that God's mercy is connected to whether or not I shave is ludicrous and I need to just trust myself, and that, you know, if I'm deserving of God's mercy, I'll get it, regardless of, you know, my beard.

  Matisyahu

  Ideas, Needs, Beard

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• Justice is getting what you deserve.
  Mercy is not getting what you deserve.
  And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve.
  ...... benign good will. unprovoked compassion. the unearnable gift

  Cathleen Falsani

  Compassion, Justice, Grace

  Cathleen Falsani (2008). “Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• Serve God, and God will take care of you. Submit to His will, trust in His grace, and resign yourself into His hands with the assurance that the Lord is well pleased with those that hope in His mercy.

  Gardiner Spring

  Hands, Grace, Care

  Gardiner Spring (1813). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.222

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• We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for the extravagance of our lives.

  Jonis Agee

  Running, Rivers, Water

  Jonis Agee (1991). “Sweet eyes”, Crown Pub

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• Mercy Corps' partnership with The Hunger Site translates into lifesaving assistance for people in tremendous need around the world. When you visit, click, and shop at this unique site, you're making the future a little brighter for families who need food in the world's poorest places.

  Dan O'Neill

  Unique, People, Needs

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• The mercy caravans are through there the medicine refugees flowing out. It makes the United States look very bad here. And much more like an occupation force than it did before.

  Jon Lee Anderson

  Medicine, United States, Looks

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• Time is one of our most valuable possessions. Use it wisely. Remind yourselves often that things that matter most should not be left to the mercy of things that matter the least.

  O. Leslie Stone

  Matter, Use, Should

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• Khesed...mercy...love. It's God's nature, His essence. Don't forget that, through all this, don't forget that. Judgement is His necessity, but His nature and essence, His heart, is love. He's the one always calling out to the lost to be saved.

  Jonathan Cahn

  Heart, Essence, Judgement

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• Why do bad things happen? For pedagogical reasons, so that we can experience the power of Allah, catch a glimpse of Hell and fear it, so that we can practice seeking refuge in Him and, when relief comes give thanks to His mercy. Darkness was created so that, like plants, we could yearn and turn to the light.

  Leila Aboulela

  Light, Practice, Giving

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• Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys.

  Theodore L. Cuyler

  Children, Heart, Joy

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 50, 1895.

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• There's a wideness in God's mercy Like the wideness of the sea Oratory Hymns.

  Frederick William Faber

  Sea, Hymns, Oratory

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• Yet then from all my grief, O Lord, Thy mercy set me free, Whilst in the confidence of pray'r My soul took hold on thee.

  Joseph Addison

  Prayer, Grief, Soul

  Joseph Addison (1749). “The Spectator”, p.69

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• He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech.

  William Cowper

  Men, Speech, Ambassadors

  William Cowper (1855). “The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings”, p.141

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• I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy's door.

  William Cowper

  Loneliness, Doors, Lions

  William Cowper (1874). “The poetical works of William Cowper, ed: with notes and biographical introd. by William Benham”, p.33

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• The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.

  Charles Churchill

  Religion, Saint

  Charles Churchill (1779). “The Poetical Works of Cha. Churchill in Three Volumes: With the Life of the Author”, p.105

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• Israel, and you who call yourself Israel, the Church that calls itself Israel, and the revolt that calls itself Israel, and every nation chosen to be a nation - none of these lands is yours, all of you are thieves of holiness, all of you at war with Mercy.

  Leonard Cohen

  War, Israel, Land

  Leonard Cohen (2010). “Book of Mercy”, p.27, McClelland & Stewart

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• The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy; And 'tis the crown of justice, and the glory

  John Fletcher

  Justice, Heaven, Crowns

  Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher (1812). “Works: With and Introd. and Explanatory Notes By Henry Weber”, p.479

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• When in such sadness I earnestly elevated my spirit into God and locked my whole heart and mind along with all my thoughts and will therein, ceaselessly pressing in with God's Love and Mercy, and not to cease until he blessed me? then after some hard storms my spirit broke through hell's gates into the inmost birth of the Godhead, and there I was embraced with Love as a bridegroom embraces his dear bride.

  Jakob Bohme

  Blessed, Heart, Sadness

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• Justice is God's control over the order of the universe. Mercy is God's power even over the order of the universe.

  Kevin Cook

  Order, Justice, Universe

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• Laughter is a holy thing. It is as sacred as music and silence
  and solemnity, maybe more sacred. Laughter is like a prayer, like
  a bridge over which creatures tiptoe to meet each other. Laughter
  is like mercy; it heals. When you can laugh at yourself, you are
  free.

  Ted Loder

  Laughter, Prayer, Fun

  Ted Loder (2004). “Tracks in the Straw: Tales Spun from the Manger”, p.73, Augsburg Books

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• The new year on which we are about to enter is unopened, and we know not what shall befall us; but if we follow Christ we need have no fear. So let us leave the old year with gratitude to God for its mercies, and with penitence for its failures and sins; and let us enter the new year with earnest resolve in Christ's name to make it the holiest and most beautiful year we have ever lived.

  J.R. Miller

  Beautiful, New Year, Gratitude

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• Surely it is a matter of joy, that your faith in Jesus has been preserved; the Comforter that should relieve you is not far from you. But as you are a Christian, in the name of that Saviour, who was filled with bitterness and made druken with wormwood, I conjre you to have recourse in frequent prayer to 'his God and your God,' the God of mercies, and father of all comfort. Your poor father is, I hope, almost senseless of the calamity; the unconscious instrument of Divine Providence knows it not, and your mother is in heaven.

  Charles Lamb

  Christian, Mother, Jesus

  Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb (1935). “The Letters of Charles Lamb: To which are Added Those of His Sister, Mary Lamb. Edited by E.V. Lucas”

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• If Christianity were true religious persecution would become a pious and charitable duty: if God designs to punish men for their opinions it would be an act of mercy to mankind to extinguish such opinions. By burning the bodies of those who diffuse them many souls would be saved that would otherwise be lost, and so there would be an economy of torment in the long run. It is therefore not surprising that enthusiasts should be intolerant.

  William Winwood Reade

  Running, Religious, Men

  William Winwood Reade (1876). “The Martyrdom of Man”, p.228

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