Mercy and Compassion Quotes

Forgiveness is abandoning your right to revenge.

Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace.

Nothing causes us to so nearly resemble God as the forgiveness of injuries.

To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world." ~ Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), American president. Presidential message (December 25, 1927).

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves.

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.

Nobility is not only in forgiveness.

Let us allow God to fill our hearts with his goodness and mercy.

Of course God will forgive me; that's His job.

I believe that some of us who were kept by God a long while before we found Him love Him better perhaps than we should have done if we had received Him directly, and we can preach better to others - we can speak more of His loving-kindness and tender mercy.

The pow'r that I have on you is to spare you; The malice towards you to forgive you.

Grace can and does have a history.

Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.