Max Lucado Quotes

There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the decision of God to save and bless us.

We do not live by justice, but by grace.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.

I'm so grateful for just the inherent mercy of life.

I am sure that no man asks mercy and grace with true meaning, but if mercy and grace have first been given him.

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

Do all men kill the things they do not love ............ The quality of mercy is not strain'd It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest It blesseth him that gives and him that takes

God's grace, quite simply, is God's mercy and goodness toward us.

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.

In wickedness of pride is lost the light to understand how little grace is earned and how much given.

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.

When we love like Jesus does, lives change for the better.

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.

When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.

I always forgave my students, like Jesus.

We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving.

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

This idea of compassion comes to us because we're made in the image of God, who is ultimately the compassionate one.

Jesus was nothing like I thought - He wasn't condemning. He was loving and leading.

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

They are always saying God loves us. If that's love I'd rather have a bit of kindness.

To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.

Nature is not as forgiving as Christ.