Quotes About Grace

To err is human; to forgive divine. Alexander Pope" Excerpt From: Moriarty, Liane. "The Husband's Secret.

What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good humour still whate'er we lose? And trust me, dear, good humour can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail. Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul

For who can move when fair Belinda fails?   Not half so fix'd the Trojan could remain, 5   While Anna begg'd and Dido rag'd in vain.   Then grave Clarissa graceful wav'd her fan;   Silence ensu'd, and thus the nymph began.

Favours to none, to all she smiles extends;   Oft she rejects, but never once offends.

Not grace, or zeal, love only was my call, And if I lose thy love, I lose my all.

Brilho eterno de uma mente sem lembranças. Toda prece é ouvida, toda graça se alcança.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, O, teach my heart To find that better way!

The only real fall of man is his noneucharistic life in a noneucharistic world.

Love is the essence of the holiness of the Church.

Simone W eil has said that though a person may run as fast as he can away from Christ, if it is toward what he considers true, he runs in fact straight into the arms of Christ. Much

When we would consider the love of God in Christ, we are as one approaching the ocean: he casts a glance on the surface, but the depths he cannot sound." — R. C. C.

Love covers all kinds of offenses, hurts, annoyances, disappointments, and sins that we all suffer because of others. Only love has the power to freely and repeatedly forgive, to truly seek to understand people's weaknesses and complexities, to put things into proper perspective, and to put a blanket over other people's faults.

A cold, unwelcoming church contradicts the gospel message.

Leaders who think that growth in grace comes by knowing the Word of God without doing it will produce congregations of passive Christians which resemble human beings that eat too much and exercise too little.

In his remarkably penetrating booklet, The Mark of the Christian, Francis Schaeffer reminds us that the real issue to be dealt with in most of our conflicts is not the issue at hand but our lack of Christlike love toward our fellow Christians:

The women whom I love and admire for their strength and grace did not get that way because shit worked out. They got that way because shit went wrong and they handled it. They handled it in a thousand different ways on a thousand different days, but they handled it. Those women are my superheroes. ELIZABETH GILBERT

Treasures come in so many ways: The sun that lights the cloudy days, a rose that blooms within an hour. a baby that staring with a wandering gaze, a dolphin's dance on ocean waves, a sky full of snowflakes of rarest form, a beautiful white and peaceful dove.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

The most womanly woman.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. 5

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9 ESV).

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 NIV

Love your enemies. Pray for those who treat you badly (Luke 6:27–28).