Quotes About Grace

A religious approach to marriage is the idea that if we work hard enough at something, we can earn the acceptance, approval, and life we think we deserve because of our obedient performance.

Abhor all idea of being saved by good works, but O, be as full of good works as if you were to be saved by them!

The best work flows from us effortlessly. Allow the gifts of spirit to come to you.

We don't earn God's love; we receive it. We don't work for His approval; He approves us.

Hath any wronged thee? be bravely revenged; slight it, and the work is begun; forgive it, and it is finished; he is below himself that is not above an injury.

I play a very streamlined piano.

If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.

We must keep both our femininity and our strength.

My strength is my humility. When you are humble, people like you.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like it's anything that I've done. For me to say, 'Well, it's because of this, this and that is why I've been able to play,' it's just a lie. I couldn't tell you why.

There's a very fine line between martial arts and dance. Kicking with your foot stretched out, or kicking with your foot flat in someone's face, in terms of flexibility, it's all kind of the same thing.

It's just what it is. It just all happened in my stride.

If you see Michael Johnson running a race, and he beats someone by three strides, that's really dominating, but it's beautiful.

Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with - don't go to that level.

As she sallied forth from her boudoir, you would never have guessed how quickly she could strip for action.

Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain.

But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day.

If you look from my point of view, that's what Christians strive for - love from God.

I feel somewhere there is a fault in this whole mindset of not accepting the natural process. To age gracefully, to accept life with grace has more beauty and charm. But you have to be fit and healthy. And that is something we should strive for.

Holiness through Christ's Spirit is the accountability every Christian should be striving towards.

The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.