Quotes About Grace

The older a person grows, Harriet, the more important it is that their manners should not be bad,—the more glaring and disgusting any loudness, or coarseness, or awkwardness becomes. What is passable in youth is detestable in later age.

Sus modales eran refinados y su comportamiento ni excesivamente tímido ni afectadamente franco, con lo cual resultaba alegre, bonita y atractiva, sin llamar la atención de cuantos hombres la miraban y (mi parte favorita) sin hacer vehementes demostraciones de contrariedad o de placer cada vez que se presentaba la ocasión de manifestar cualquiera de estos sentimientos. Porque qué lindo es cuando una mujer no es sobreactuada.

Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

There is hardly any personal defect, replied Anne, which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to.

A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions, or the word will be but half-deserved. All

But a note had had been prepared and left for her, written in the very style to touch --a small mixture of reproach with a great deal of kindness

pero Ana, que poseía una finura de espíritu y una dulzura de carácter que la habrían colocado en el mejor lugar entre gentes de verdadero seso

Can you, in short, be prevailed on to quit this scene of public triumph and oblige your friend Eleanor with your company in Gloucestershire? I am almost ashamed to make the request, though its presumption would certainly appear greater to every creature in Bath than yourself. Modesty such as yours—but not for the world would I pain it by open praise. If you can be induced to honour us with a visit, you will make us happy beyond expression.

EMMA WOODHOUSE, bella, inteligente y rica, con una familia acomodada y un buen carácter, parecía reunir en su persona los mejores dones de la existencia; y había vivido cerca de veintiún años sin que casi nada la afligiera o la enojase.

A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions, or the word will be but half-deserved.

Life does not cease when you are old, it only suffers a rich change. You go on loving, only your love, instead of a burning, fiery furnace, is the mellow glow of an autumn sun.

Her hair was grey and curly, her eyes a soft blue, her body seeming

No, really, it's fine," says the woman, getting up to leave.

The best things in life always find us when we're not looking for them.

I didn't know if the forgiveness itself was light, glittery stuff that showered down and absolved a person and set them free, or if, instead, it was heavy, cumbersome, a new debt, a currency that was continuously renewed no matter how much was paid out.

teardrop necklace.

I love being fancy.

I'm sorry. I would have to disagree. The most important thing is getting right with the Lord, and then he

Well, Jesus never did a single bad thing, but when he was crucified, he made up for all the bad things that other people had done. That's why he was crucified.

And the odd thing was, she was beautiful then. It was her awakening, her... recovery that made her beautiful. After that she just shone.

It's fucking hard to be classy

Thank God for small favors.

My feeling is if God wanted me to pick up dog poop he would have made it look like diamonds and smell like roses.

This is Zen, she said. No flaw, no moment's hesitation. A window onto grace.