Best mercy & past Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past.”

Past Asks Conflict Goodness Mercy Revenge Tragic Rejects Patriotic Rejected Casualties Amnesty

Author:Gerald R. Ford

“A race that is solely dependent upon another for economic existence sooner or later dies. As we have in the past been living upon the mercies shown by others, and by the chances obtainable, and have suffered there from, so we will in the future suffer if an effort is not made now to adjust our own affairs.”

Ifs Made Past Suffering Dies Chance Effort Race Existence Economic Mercy Affair Dependent Sooner Or Later

Book:The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans

Source: The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans

“I see not a step before me as I tread on another year;But I've left the Past in God's keeping,-the FutureHis mercy shall clear;And what looks dark in the distance may brighten as I draw near.”

Years Looks May Past Left Dark Steps Clear Draws Mercy Distance Another Year

Author:Mary Gardiner Brainard

“All other great men are valued for their lives; He, above all, for His death, around which mercy and truth, righteousness and peace, God and man are reconciled; for the cross is the magnet which sends the electric current through the telegraph between earth and heaven, and makes both Testaments thrill, through the ages of the past and future, with living, harmonious, and saving truth.”

Men Age Earth Past Heaven Crosses Mercy Currents Saving Great Men Righteousness Electric Testament Thrill Harmonious Magnet Telegraph Electric Current

Book:Evidences of Revealed Religion

Source: Evidences of Revealed Religion

“Only one accomplishment is beyond both the power and the mercy of the Gods. They cannot make the past as though it had never been.”

Past Mercy Accomplishment

Author:Aeschylus

“The reason to forgive ourselves is not because we feel like it or because we want to see ourselves as blameless but because we limit what we can receive from God when we hold on to our past. He wants to do so much more than we could ever imagine. Forgiving yourself starts with believing in God's incredible love for you and accepting His amazing grace and mercy. If God Almighty can forgive us who are we to hold on to what He has not only forgiven but forgotten”

Source: When Your Past Is Hurting Your Present: Getting Beyond Fears That Hold You Back

“As far as you are concerned the present is your point of action, focus and power, and from that point of volition you form both your future and past. Realizing this, you will understand that you are not at the mercy of a past over which you have no control.”

Action Past Form Realizing Focus Concerned Mercy Our Future Your Future Volition

Author:Seth

“We count on God's mercy for our past mistakes, on God's love for our present needs, on God's sovereignty for our future.”

Needs Past Mistake Mercy Our Future Our Past Sovereignty God's Love Past Mistakes

Author:Saint Augustine

“Much as we wish, not one of us can bring back yesterday or shape tomorrow. Only today is ours, and it will not be ours for long, and once it is gone it will never in all time be ours again. Thou only knowest what it holds in store for us, yet even we know something of what it will hold. The chance to speak the truth, to show mercy, to ease another’s burden. The chance to resist evil, to remember all the good times and good people of our past, to be brave, to be strong, to be glad.”

Source: The hungering dark

“Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies. they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

Heart Soul Past Born Gratitude Mercy Take Time Charming Gardener

Author:Charles Edward Jefferson

“Over the past month, Muslims have fasted, taking no food or water during daylight hours, in order to refocus their minds on faith and redirect their hearts to charity. Muslims worldwide have stretched out a hand of mercy to those in need. Charity tables at which the poor can break their fast line the streets of cities and towns. And gifts of food and clothing and money are distributed to ensure that all share in God's abundance. Muslims often invite members of other families to their evening iftar meals, demonstrating a spirit of tolerance.”

“Love alone allows man to forget himself... it alone can still redeem even the darkest hours of the past since it alone finds the courage to believe in the mercy of the holy God.”

Men Believe Stills Inspiration Past Faith Hours Forget Holy Mercy Christian Inspirational Alone In Love Darkest Hour Forget Him Holy God

Book:Theological investigations

Source: Theological investigations

“Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.”

Christian Past Mercy Christian Inspirational Providence His Love Mercy Of God

Author:Saint Augustine

“The joyful news for anyone who desires to be rid of the consequences of past poor choices is that the Lord sees weaknesses differently than He does rebellion. Whereas the Lord warns that unrepented rebellion will bring punishment, when the Lord speaks of weaknesses, it is always with mercy.”

Doe Past Desire Choices Speak Poor Lord News Weakness Consequence Mercy Punishment Rebellion Joyful Poor Choices

Author:Richard G. Scott

“Many people are reluctant to show mercy because they don't understand the difference between trust and forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past. Trust has to do with future behavior.”

People Shows Past Differences Letting Go Behavior Mercy Show Me Reluctant Mercy And Forgiveness

Author:Rick Warren

“O how much mercy have I received the year past! How often has God caused his goodness to pass before me! And how poorly have I answered the vows I made this time twelve-month, to be wholly the Lord's, to be forever devoted to his service! The Lord help me to live more to his glory for the time to come. This has been a sweet, a happy day to me; blessed be God... I hardly ever so longed to live to God and to be altogether devoted to Him. I wanted to wear out my life in His service, and for His glory.”

Years Has Beens Made Helping Wanted Past Lord Forever Sweet Months Goodness Glory Mercy Blessed Help Me Twelve Devoted Vow Happy Day Lord Help Me Years Past

Author:David Brainerd

“Root out the counterrevolutionaries without mercy, lock up suspicious characters in concentration camps... Shirkers will be shot, regardless of past service.”

Character Past Shots Roots Mercy Concentration Camps Locks Suspicious Concentration Camp Lock Up

Author:Leon Trotsky

“When we think we’re at the mercy of our circumstances and past, we discount the power that is ours through the Holy Spirit.”

Thinking Past Spirit Circumstances Holy Mercy Holy Spirit Discounts

Author:Beth Moore

“My past life is abundantly full of God's mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.”

Past Life Is Sin Mercy Forgiving My Past Past Life Forgiving Love

Book:The Cost of Discipleship

Source: The Cost of Discipleship

“How frail and ephemeral is the material substance of letters, which makes their very survival so hazardous. Print has a permanence of its own, though it may not be much worth preserving, but a letter! Conveyed by uncertain transportation, over which the sender has no control; committed to a single individual who may be careless or inappreciative; left to the mercy of future generations, of families maybe anxious to suppress the past, of the accidents of removals and house-cleanings, or of mere ignorance. How often it has been by the veriest chance that they have survived at all.”

“Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.”

Source: The Selfish Genie: A Satirical Essay on Altruism

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