Quotes About Showing Mercy

#1. If it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. ROMANS 12:8

Anne Graham Lotz

#2. Sometimes the greatest power comes from showing mercy,

Shannon Messenger

#3. Keep out of this," Lucian said. "I'm not smiting anybody."
"You're showing mercy." Catch-a-Tick nodded. "That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.

Lloyd Alexander

#4. The Christian - the biblical - concept of mercy toward wrongdoers only exists in relation to justice. Showing mercy, in relation to wrongdoing, means treating someone better than they deserve.

John Piper

#5. We get the odd notion that God is showing mercy because Jesus died. No. Jesus died because God is showing mercy.

A.W. Tozer

#6. Here, boy, is the lesson learned: showing mercy is a mistake. It affected the rest of my life.

Uvi Poznansky

#7. God's mercy to us is the motivation for showing mercy to others. Remember, you will never be asked to forgive someone else more than God has forgiven you.

Rick Warren

#8. The death of Jesus was the opening and the emptying of the full heart of God; it was the outgushing of that ocean of infinite mercy that heaved and panted and longed for an outlet; it was God showing how he could love a poor, guilty sinner.

Octavius Winslow

#9. It's volatile, the marriage. Which one isn't? Nothing better than a good, full-on row. Get it all out. Say rude and nasty things. And then be sorry. Genuinely sorry, afterwards.

John Lydon

#10. But I don't think of you.

(Howard Roark)

Ayn Rand

#11. If you knew the mercy I am showing by not dismembering you where you stand for getting in my way, you would not stop thanking me.

Thomm Quackenbush

#12. The Internet is the crime scene of the 21st Century.

Cyrus Vance Jr.

#13. Every bitter joule of rage had been converted into speed. She was empty. There was no pain. The air whistled past her ears. She listened intently. That silent music was all there was. It was the sound of the universe showing her mercy.

Chris Cleave

#14. Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed.

Steven Spielberg

#15. A Magician is not a Magician because he knows tricks, but because he knows Magic - the principles, the fundamentals.

Harlan Tarbell

#16. A worthy life involves loving as loved folks do, sharing the ridiculous mercy God spoiled us with first. (It really is ridiculous.) It means restoring people, in ordinary conversations and regular encounters. A worthy life means showing up when showing up is the only thing to do.

Jen Hatmaker

#17. And yet we cannot define as skillful killing one's fellow citizens, betraying one's friends, and showing no loyalty, mercy, or moral obligation. These means can lead to power, but not glory.

Niccolo Machiavelli

#18. The way you treat people who are in no position to help you, further you, or benefit you reveals the true state of your heart.

Mandy Hale

#19. We have all sinned, Mr. Darcy, and we cannot look for mercy without showing it in our lives.

P.D. James

#20. The stag had been showing me my strength-not just the price of mercy but the power it bestowed. And mercy was something the Darkling would never understand.

Leigh Bardugo