Quotes About Grace

There is no act of faith more beautiful than the generosity of the very poor

honour is the art of being humble.

Her beauty was injured by the wound but not ravaged by it.

In its essence, the longing for family, and the ravenousness that the loss of family creates in us, isn't just for belonging: it's for the grace that abides in serving those we love.

Even the power of prayer, master-ji?' Ambitious asked. 'Is there no such thing?' 'There is the spiritual energy of prayer,' Idriss replied, 'just as there is the spiritual energy of love, and both are reservoirs of grace, but there is no power. Energy is the process, and power is the attempt to control the process.

Some women cry easily. The tears fall as gently as fragrant raindrops in a sun-shower, and leave the face clear and clean and almost radiant. Other women cry hard, and all the loveliness in them collapses in the agony of it.

I know it isn't cruelty or shame that characterises the human race. It's forgiveness that makes us what we are.

The tears, when they came, slipped from her closed eyelids like so many beads on a prayer chain. Some women cry easily. The tears fall as gently as fragrant raindrops in a sun-shower, and leave the face clear and clean and almost radiant. Other women cry hard, and all the loveliness in them collapses in the agony of it.

Ma devi amare i gatti! In un mondo perfetto tutti sarebbero come i gatti alle due del pomeriggio

Each night, we bless our children by placing our hands on their heads and saying, "Lord Jesus, please bless this child. Send Your Holy Spirit into his/her heart, and help him/her to love You more than anything. Give him/her Your grace so that he/she can grow up to be the man/woman You want him/her to be. Amen.

So that godly sorrow may be discerned by this train of graces wherewith it is accompanied, that worldly sorrow wants, at least in the truth of them, though it may have some shadows of them.

Our worldly successes cannot be guaranteed, but our ability to achieve spiritual success is entirely up to us, thanks to the grace of God. The best advice I know is to give is to give those worldly things your best but never your all - reserve the ultimate hope for the only one who can grant it.

There is something urbane, stylish, and worldly about owning a cocktail shaker.

We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.

The lines on your face are your medals. You've earned them, so why shouldn't they be worn with honour?

Surely it is one of the simplest laws of taste in dress, that it shall not attract undue attention from the wearer to the worn.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

These are tough times, and the New Yorkers I have met are facing economic adversity with grace and dignity. They worry about their future, care about their neighbors and hope this storm will pass so they can focus on better days ahead.

Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.

I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to.

We can do little things for God; I turn the cake that is frying on the pan for love of him, and that done, if there is nothing else to call me, I prostrate myself in worship before him, who has given me grace to work; afterwards I rise happier than a king.

The law condemns the best of us; but grace saves the worst of us.

I wouldn't wish my worst enemy bad luck.

Now I will say this to every sinner, though he should think himself to be the worst sinner who ever lived: cry to the Lord and seek Him while He may be found. A throne of grace is a place fitted for you. By simple faith, go to your Savior, for He is the throne of grace.