Best Leniency Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“It's not about the extent to which something happened or did not happen; it's whether we choose to confront evil and call it what it is, or simply let it pass because it 'wasn't enough of a big deal'.”

Justice Judgment Tolerance Good And Evil Good And Bad Leniency Church Discipline Christian Tolerance

Author:Joyce Rachelle

“The process of leniency involves accepting the reality of the current situation and finding a satisfying meaning therein, as opposed to misconstruing or denying the facts of the situation.”

Reality Acceptance Denial Meaning Leniency

Author:Sandra L. Schneider

“[The] self overcoming of justice: one knows the beautiful name it has given itself--mercy...”

Justice Mercy Clemency Leniency Nietzshce

Book:On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo

Source: On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo

“Poison is not merciful towards people who have consumed it unknowingly.”

Mistake Knowledge Awareness Ignorance Mercy Poison Merciful Poisonous Lenient Leniency

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Power does not pardon, power punishes.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“With genius, as with beauty -- all, well almost all, is forgiven.”

Beauty Society Genius Forgiveness Generosity Social Norms Leniency Exemptions

Book:The Volcano Lover

Source: The Volcano Lover

“You may not like what I'm saying, but the cops and these people have a sort of code. So long as the rich and powerful don't go overboard, cops give them the slack that people who live in the barrios or Third Ward or the trailer parks don't get”

Houston Lawyers Leniency Legal Fiction

Book:The Best People: A Tale of Trials and Errors

Source: The Best People: A Tale of Trials and Errors

“I'm consciously aware, specifically with the comic book world, where there's a built-in fanbase. But, there's a little bit of leniency because there are a couple different universes.”

World Littles Book Different Universe Bits Couple Little Bit Built Comic Comic Book Leniency Different Universes

Author:Jeremy Renner

“What moralist can deny that well-bred and vicious people are much more agreeable than their virtuous counterparts? Having crimes to atone for, they provisionally solicit indulgence by showing leniency toward the defects of their judges. Thus they pass for excellent folk.”

People Wells Crime Judging Folks Deny Excellent Virtuous Defects Vicious Indulgence Counterparts Moralist Leniency

Author:Honore de Balzac

“A white lie is always pardonable. But he who tells the truth without compulsion merits no leniency.”

Truth Lying White Merit Telling The Truth Compulsion White Lie Leniency

Book:Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms

Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms

“People have a lot less leniency for some reason for women straying from a relationship than they do for men.”

People Men Reason Leniency

Author:Jason Segel

“Grace is power, not just pardon.”

Grace Grace Of God Pardon God's Grace Enabling Amazing Grace Leniency

Author:John Piper

“Specifically, I’d like to debate whether cannibalism ought to be grounds for leniency in murders, since it’s less wasteful.”

Ought Murder Debate Cannibalism Leniency

Author:Bill Watterson

“Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon.”

Sin Grace Grace Of God Pardon Gift From God God's Grace Enabling Leniency

Author:John Piper

“He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he done this he would not have been Socrates. He valued his conscience--and the truth-- higher than life.”

Has Beens Done Higher Conscience Saved Athens Leniency

Author:Jostein Gaarder

“Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe reprimand which calls another Christian in one’s community back from the path of sin.”

Christian Community Sin Path Abandon Compassionate Severe Leniency

Book:Life Together: Prayerbook of the Bible

Source: Life Together: Prayerbook of the Bible

“Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.”

States Shows Law Individual Interest Greater Crime Command Public Good Public Interest Harshness Leniency

Author:Cardinal Richelieu

“I plead for leniency. I understand that the road to redemption is going to be long for me.”

Long Redemption Leniency

Author:Albert Gonzalez

“There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.”

Ifs May Sides Courage Equal Justification Chivalry Invoke Leniency

Author:Freda Adler

“We may gamble on outsmarting the law; we may even gamble on the leniency of man and the mercy of God-but no man ever won a gamble with his own conscience. Even should he think he has beaten his conscience into submission, his misdeeds still leave their mark upon him. Anyone who gambles against this fact has already lost his gamble.”

Thinking Men Should May Stills Facts Law Lost Losing Conscience Mercy Mark Beaten Submission Gamble Mercy Of God Misdeeds Leniency

Author:Sidney Greenberg

“Without [firmness] I see the majority of Communities that are lax reach that state because of the excessive leniency of Superiors. So, be firm, Monsieur.”

States Community Leadership Majority Superiors Firm Firmness Lax Leniency

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

“At the very worst, if I have a short-lived career, at least I could say I sparked a change - that I inspired some leniency in what people accept in hip-hop. And if I have a very long career and can be gyrating in a leotard at 35, that would be great.”

People Ifs Long Would Be Accepting Careers Worst Inspired Hip Hop Hips Hops Short Lived Long Careers Leniency Leotards

Author:Iggy Azalea

“Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.”

Pardon Total War Offence Leniency

Author:Publilius Syrus