Mercy Quotes and a Bible Verse...

Mercy Quotes and a Bible Verse

 

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy."

- Matthew 5:7

"Who will not mercy unto others show,

how can mercy he ever hope to have?"

- Edmund Spenser

"I have always found that mercy bears

richer fruits than strict justice."

- Abraham Lincoln

"The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth as

the gentle rain from Heaven upon the place beneath.

It is twice blessed --

it blesseth him that gives, and him that takes."

- William Shakespeare

"We do pray for mercy, and that same prayer

doth teach us all

to render the deeds of mercy."

- 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

"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

"Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars...

it is the light that hovers above the judgment seat."

- Edwin Hubbel Chapin

"Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see;

that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me."

- prayer by Alexander Pope