Quotes About Grace

A saint prayed to God in the following way: "O God, please be kind to evil people as much as you are to kind people. Kind people already feel good, because they are kind." —MUSLIH-UD-DIN SAADI

Sorrow is sent by Him, not by men. Men are His instruments, they are not to blame. If you think someone has wronged you, forget it and forgive! We have no right to punish. And then you will know the happiness of forgiving.

No one knew better than Stepan Arkadyevitch how to hit on the exact line between freedom, simplicity, and official stiffness necessary for the agreeable conduct of business.

blessed are the poor, the humble, the kind, the generous.

God's spirit, living inside you, will reward you instantly, and this spiritual reward is better than anything anyone else can give you.

Anna was entering the drawing room. Holding herself extremely straight as always, with her quick, firm and light step, which distinguished her from other society women,

Basta que pensemos, queridos hermanos y hermanas, en la vida que llevamos, basta que pensemos que continuamente despertamos la colera de Dios, y hacemos sufrir a su divino Hijo para que comprendamos que no podemos ser perdonados. Una ruina espantosa nos amenaza, sufrimientos eternos nos esperan. ¿Y como salvarnos?... ¿Cómo huir, hermanos, de este incendio terrible? ¡Ah! Ya arde la casa y no hay salida que nos dé paso!

She had wit, she had grace, she had beauty; But above all, she had truth.

Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you're tired. You look like you could go on forever.

Forget the perfect offering. Everything is flawed. It's the cracks that let the Light in...

Dear Reader, please forgive me if I have wasted your time.

Well they lay down beside me I made my confession to them. They touched both my eyes And I touched the dew on their hem. When your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn, they will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem.

Though I don't believe, I come to you now, and I lift my doubt to your mercy.

Blessed are you who speaks to the unworthy.

Blessed are you, embrace of the falling, foundation of the light, master of the human accident.

On Richmond Hill there lives a lassMore bright than Mayday morn;Whose charms all other maids' surpass—A rose without a thorn.

Live in the world, Yoga Science teaches, but be not of the world. Do not let yourself be defined or limited by that which decays and vanishes. In other words, do what is to be done, when it is to be done, moment by moment—based on the wise and good counsel of the buddhi—and the grace of the Divine Reality will bring you everything you need.

How many Christians there are who cannot pray, and who seek by effort, resolve, joining prayer circles, etc., to cultivate in themselves the ''holy art of intercession,'' and all to no purpose. Here for them and for all is the only secret of a real prayer life—''Be filled with the Spirit,'' who is ''the Spirit of grace and supplication.'' —REV. J. STUART HOLDEN

If we today could rediscover the virtue in that Name, the victory in that Name, the violence in that Name, we could set this world alight for God. Most of us have enough grace to scrape through the day, but we have nothing over. We are conquerors but are not "more than conquerors." We can fight off the enemy but cannot take any prisoners. Ours is a defense action, not an attacking power.

We bless others naturally through our strengths. But we bless others supernaturally through our weaknesses.

I understand God's patience with the wicked, but I do wonder how He can be so patient with the pious. —GEORGE MACDONALD

We don't need to travel to find Christ. Christ has already traveled to find us. God is not the one whose back is turned. It is we who, for whatever reason, get our backs up or don't turn back to God.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

Both husband and wife looked regal and perfect for the part life had chosen for them to play.