Quotes About Grace

They say living well is the best revenge and we were already living well so we knew we'd already won.

Our young people, raised under the old rules of courtesy, never indulged in the present habit of talking incessantly and all at the same time. To do so would have been not only impolite, but foolish; for poise, so much admired as a social grace, could not be accompanied by restlessness. Pauses were acknowledged gracefully and did not cause lack of ease or embarrassment.

She has this curious heavy grace, like something out of its element making do in a heavier medium. Like she should be living in water.

The butterfly danced on the flower.

God's people must understand that repentance is not a word in the Bible used by God to bring destruction and discouragement. Repentance brings life,

the Kingdom, not the menace of hell, as the motive for repentance.

I can take criticism. Or at least, I can if you put it nicely.

Chin up! You're a Montrose, and we stay calm and composed everywhere, always.

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath." MICHAEL CAINE

The truth is that we are the vandals; we are the ones who have defaced the holy heart of God. You and I are sinners saved by grace. We deserved hell but have been given something we did not deserve: the love and friendship of God and an eternal home with him in heaven.

Right worship, the kind that is pleasing to God, acknowledges the grace that is in Jesus Christ not only with our lips but also with our lives. Christ's own sacrifice makes possible the right kind of offering and proper worship: the sacrifice of the whole of our lives, a thanksgiving existence that proceeds from a mood of gratitude. Worship

But the Grace of God is so powerful that it utterly disregards our past and sees only the potential we have to become in Him.

Because no one is perfect, we all desperately need forgiveness. By forgiving others you allow them to be human, and in doing so it makes you more aware of how human you really are. Think of all the people you've judged because of their behavior. Isn't it true that some of them behave in very similar ways to you? There isn't a person on the face of this earth who doesn't need grace.

Beauty is born of and found in simplicity.

Today I see beauty everywhere I go, in every face I see, in every single soul.

The secret of success, however, consists in one's resolve, perseverance and confidence, first and foremost in God, and then in one's own self, under His Grace. One must be prepared to bear with failures and lapses.

Life is somewhat like a line drawing, Appearances a kind of trust, This period of grace we call age; Examine it carefully! It is a kind of waiting.

In the name of Nanak, By the hope that faith doth instill, By the Grace of God, We bear the world nothing but good will.

Money doesn't buy class.

You can't stop time. You can't capture light. You can only turn your face up and let it rain down.

To watch an animal so exquisitely fitted in its world was better than any ballet.

By choosing not to forgive, I was telling God that I loved my stance of self-justification more than Him.

Lord Jesus,… I'm sorry for being so consumed with the business of fulfilling the small picture that I've missed the big picture—the ultimate picture of positioning my heart purposefully, quietly to welcome and receive all that You desire to pour within me.

The story of redemption is nothing less than the story of Jesus Christ and his kingdom, which is manifest in the covenant of works, the covenant of grace,[4] and finally the new creation. God's kingdom is the consummate manifestation of his covenant with his elect, originally made with Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world.