Quotes About Grace

In a pleasant spring morning all men's sins are forgiven.

No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.

Men who neglect Christ, and try to win heaven through moralities, are like sailors at sea in a storm, who pull, some at the bowsprit and some at the mainmast, but never touch the helm.

Religion would save a man; Christ would make him worth saving.

God never made anything else so beautiful as man.

Barack Obama is a man of great dignity.

So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence.

Never to be cast away are the gifts of the gods, magnificent, which they give of their own will, no man could have them for wanting them.

Of this blest man, let his just praise be given, Heaven was in him, before he was in Heaven.

Old men grasp more at life than babies, and leave it with a much worse grace than young people. It is because all their labours having been for this life, they perceive at last their trouble lost.

A good man's prayers will from the deepest dungeon climb heaven's height, and bring a blessing down.

Christ beats his drum, but he does not press men; Christ is served with voluntaries.

Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child.

For God will deign to visit oft the dwellings of just men -- delighted, and with frequent intercourse -- thither will send his winged messengers on errants of supernal grace.

God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be.

When you keep the porch light on for the prodigal child, you do what God does every single moment.

A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don't even have.

My mom is the No. 1 person who has taught me to be courteous towards women, to always be respectful and polite to them, and to always lead with your heart.

Be to her virtues very kind, Be to her faults a little blind.

Beautiful as seemed mama's face, it became more lovely when she smiled and seemed to enliven everything about her.

The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.

I shovel [money] out, and God shovels it back...but God has a bigger shovel!

If there is anyone to whom I owe money, I'm prepared to forget it if they are.

Forgiveness is the best charity. (It is easy to give the poor money and goods when one has plenty, but to forgive is hard; but it is the best thing if one can do it.)