Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.

Better make penitents by gentleness than hypocrites by severity.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

Jesus never mistreated anyone just because they mistreated Him. He confronted them in a spirit of gentleness and then continued to love them.

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.

It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.

Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.

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

And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.

For the cruel man who would tear out the heart with which I live, I do not cultivate thistles. I cultivate a white rose.

Mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

So many of the high ranking about me have discarded mercy as a weakness.

Bless the doves—we need more of them.

If you think you're gonna have pity on me or take it easy on me, then I'm gonna have to help you off your back.

Good people are always forgiving. They close an eye to one's failings.

Let us be very gentle with our neighbors' failings, and forgive our friends their debts as we hope ourselves to be forgiven.

Who understands much forgives much. To understand everything makes us very forgiving.

And it is the Lord, it is Jesus, Who is my judge. Therefore I will try always to think leniently of others, that He may judge me leniently, or rather not at all, since He says: "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.

Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.

One should be gentle with the ignorant, for they are the chosen of God.

Be kind to each other. It is better to commit faults with gentleness than to work miracles with unkindness.