Quotes About Grace

tells him to give away his money. He says what to do in the present—as if the present is where you find eternity—and I think that's right. Eternity is a mystery to us, just like God is a mystery. It doesn't have to mean rejoicing in heaven or burning in hell. It could be a timeless state of grace or bottomless despair. I think there's eternity in every second we're alive.

Russ Hildebrandt] 'I don't deserve joy!' [Marion Hildebrandt] 'No one does. It's a gift from God.

Around her ribs and waist were curves of the kind that wind carves in snowdrifts.

In the New Testament, the only things that mattered were love and free will.

For Nicole, my idea of beauty

Good manners is the art of making people comfortable. Whoever makes the fewest people uncomfortable has the best manners.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred in the company.

Tata krama adalah seni untuk membuat orang merasa tidak canggung bercakap-cakap dengan kita.

ponderando os seus serviços e seguindo a suavidade do seu espírito, queria poupar-lhe a vida e contentar-se em tirar-lhe os olhos.

that his majesty gave many marks of his great lenity, often

It isn't the hurts, blows, and bruises that rob us of the freshness of Christ's beauty in our lives. More likely, it is careless ease, empty pride, earthly preoccupations, and too much prosperity that will put layers of dirty film over our souls.

O amor não se prova, nem se mede. É como Gabriela. Existe, isso basta. O fato de não compreender ou explicar uma coisa não acaba com ela. Nada sei das estrelas, mas as vejo no céu, são a beleza da noite.

God is more generous than men and will measure them by a different standard.

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor.

Happy is he who forgives others and who forgives himself.

despertaba ese incompatible rencor que sólo causan la inteligencia, la gracia y la pedantería francesas [...]

Was it you that killed me, or did I kill you? Abel answered. I don't remember anymore; here we are, together, like before. Now I know that you have truly forgiven me, Cain said, because forgetting is forgiving. I, too, will try to forget.

Llega un momento en que Dios decide no enviar más gracias de arrepentimiento. Pues cada gracia de arrepentimiento sólo puede ser superada, sólo puede ser vencida, afirmándose más en el odio. Llega un momento en que Dios ve que enviar más gracias sólo sirve para que el demonio afiance más lo que ha escogido su voluntad.

Happiness is essentially a gift; we are not the forgers of our own felicity.

What I would like to leave behind is a simple prayer that each of you may find what I have found—God's special gift to us all: the gift of peace. When we are at peace, we find the freedom to be most fully who we are, even in the worst of times. We let go of what is nonessential and embrace what is essential. We empty ourselves so that God may more fully work within us. And we become instruments in the hands of the Lord.

It is the imperfections of life that are lovable.

This is how God showed His love among us He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him.

we wouldn't ask why a rose with damaged petals

Forgiveness is the key to happiness.