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Quotes About Grace

To my surprise, Joscelin rose. 'Phedre-' He began, then halted. Sitting below him, I watched him smile to himself, quiet and private. 'Phedre yields with a willow's grace,' he said softly. 'And endures with the strength of mountains. Without her, life would be calm; and yet lack all meaning.
~ Jacqueline Carey
To recongnize that the treachery of one member of a house does not taint all born within it
~ Jacqueline Carey
In the general course of things, when beauty passes, the flower bows its head upon the stem and fails. Sometimes, though, when the petals droop, a framework of tempered steel is revealed within.
~ Jacqueline Carey
Beauty inspires love; so it is said, in Terre d'Ange. Was it done that we might find this world worthy of loving?
~ Jacqueline Carey
Though he was her enemy, he treated her with unfailing courtesy.
~ Jacqueline Carey
Mercy and compassion are all the grace left to us.
~ Jacqueline Carey
Age settled with more grace on ordinary people, but for celebrities Ã¢â'¬â€ women stars in particular Ã¢â'¬â€ age became a hatchet that vandalized a work of art.
~ Jacqueline Susann
wilds with clothing the little princesses would be proud
~ Jacqueline Wilson
Come, take what you will, be nourished and know that you can bear what might be on your horizon, the good and the ill." Now
~ Jacqueline Winspear
To have courage. To have honor. Is very beautiful.
~ James A. Michener
Chesapeake Bay is like a beautiful woman. There's no humiliation from which she cannot recover.
~ James A. Michener
If you would protect your body, guard your mind. If you would renew your body, beautify your mind. Thoughts of malice, envy, disappointment, despondency, rob the body of its health and grace.
~ James Allen
Thoughts of malice, envy, disappointment, despondency, rob the body of its health and grace.
~ James Allen
If you cannot afford a carpet, let your rooms be carpeted with smiles and welcomes, fastened down with the nails of kind words driven in with the hammer of   patience. Such a carpet will not fade in the sun, and constant use will never wear it away.
~ James Allen
beautiful thoughts of all kinds crystallize into habits of grace and kindliness, which solidify into genial and sunny circumstances: pure thoughts crystallize into habits of temperance and self-control, which solidify into circumstances of repose and peace:
~ James Allen
Strong, pure, and happy thoughts build up the body in vigour and grace.
~ James Allen
With each obstacle, turn it into a moment where you can reflect on the bounty that is in your life.
~ James Altucher
John's heart was hardened against the Lord. His father was God's minister, the ambassador of the King of Heaven, and John could not bow before the throne of grace without first kneeling to his father.
~ James Baldwin
Elisha,' he said, 'no matter what happens to me, where I go, what folks say about me, no matter what anybody says, you remember - please remember - I was saved. I was there.
~ James Baldwin
She was so incredibly beautiful—she seemed to be wearing the sunlight, rearranging it around her from time to time, with a movement of one hand, with a movement of her head, and with her smile—that, when she paid the man and started out of the store, I started out behind her.
~ James Baldwin
I must believe, I must believe, that the heavy grace of God, which has brought me to this point, is all that can carry me out of it.
~ James Baldwin
She moved in a silent ferocity of dignity which barely escaped being ludicrous.
~ James Baldwin
he sat in an armchair, overlooking a foreign sea, still struggling to find the grace which would allow him to bear that revelation. For the meaning of revelation is that what is revealed is true, and must be borne.
~ James Baldwin
Out of joy strength came, strength that was fashioned to bear sorrow: sorrow brought forth joy. Forever? This was Ezekiel's wheel, in the middle of the burning air forever -- and the little wheel ran by faith, and the big wheel ran by the grace of God.
~ James Baldwin