#mercy

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#greatest #mercy

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

— Friedrich Schiller

#both #embraces #encircle #firmament #foe

You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God. ↗

— Saint Stephen

#compassion #desire #exceeds #god #humble

Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge. ↗

— Meir Kahane

#does #hate #love #mercy #peace

There are two things that Jack Bauer never does. Show mercy, and go to the bathroom. ↗

— Kiefer Sutherland

#does #go #jack #mercy #never

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy. ↗

— Gennaro Angiulo

#forfeits #leadership #man #mercy #right

I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid. ↗

— Grover Cleveland

#aid #always #american #american people #being

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#man #mercy #road #stars

Three months ago, if you asked me, I would have told you that if you really loved someone, you’d let them go. But now I look at you, and I dreamed about Maggie, and I see that I’ve been wrong. If you really love someone, Allie, I think you have to take them back. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#forgiveness #forgiving #giving-up #hearbreak #letting-go

Into the breach, then. Against mobs of middle-aged moms and frightening harridans we shall prevail.” She nodded sharply, raising an invisible sword. “And damned be he—she—who cries, ‘Hold, enough!’” “Misquote Shakespeare in front of Samuel, I dare you,” I told her, and she laughed. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#frost-burned #humor #jesse-hauptman #mercy-thompson #samuel-cornick