Quotes About Gracious

Of all the crowns JEHOVAH bears, Salvation is his dearest claim; That gracious sound well-pleas'd he hears, And owns EMMANUEL for his name.

In Christ, God is supreme, but not in the old discredited paradigm of supremacy: God is the supreme healer, the supreme friend, the supreme lover, the supreme life-giver who self-empties in gracious love for all. The king of kings and lord of lords is the servant of all and the friend of sinners. The so-called weakness and foolishness of God are greater than the so-called power and wisdom of human regimes.

Gracious words promote instruction" (16:21).

The Curé Noive had a sister who acted as his housekeeper, a lady with a moustache, whose piety was astringent, and who fostered a splenetic God in a heart which was outraged at anything gracious, tender, or lovable that life might offer. There are such cross-grained natures, made spiteful and furious by anything that looks like happiness.

the king of kind hearts and polite fellows

Music from my fourth year began to be the first of my youthful occupations. Thus early acquainted with the gracious muse who tuned my soul to pure harmonies, I became fond of her, and, as it often seemed to me, she of me.

Life is uncertain.Lord grant us gracious courage to face the uncertainty of life.

don't believe it," said Stumpy ungratefully. His wife was more gracious. "Thanks, Miss Drew. And I want to tell you I'm tired of this whole business. You're only a kid but you've really taught me a lesson.

To mention it was to ask a favor and that as you were too generous, and as for her to ask was always to have, she wouldn't

Well, that's certainly... adequate, I told him, burying my face in his chest. I knew immediately I'd picked the wrong word. Adequate? He took my hand, placed it on the part in question. It immediately began to stir. He moved my hand on it, and I obligingly circled it with my fingers. This is adequate? Maybe I should have said it's a gracious plenty? A gracious plenty. I like that, he said.

I'm so sorry we were late," she was apologizing in her Lauren Bacall gracious woman mode, the one that always made people accept her apology. "John wasn't sure until the last minute whether he felt like coming or not. But I did so want to meet Aurora's new neighbors, and it was so kind of you to invite us…

Reba is very, very close to everyone around her. She's a classy lady.

What are you doing here in London?" she asked, carefully guarding her tone so it might sound gracious. "I thought you would be in Mawbry, or Wirkinton… or some such place." Christopher began to deal, but his attention never strayed far from her. She was quite lovely in her finery, and his gaze eagerly feasted on the beauteous fare. "I saw no reason to stay when you weren't there." -Erienne & Christopher

But Paris had been designed. Here, historical landmarks appeared graciously; evenly spaced for maximum aesthetic impact. One had only to follow from one to another to reach any destination, including the Left Bank.

she was always the perfect host—

Jesus' message of the Kingdom of God is the announcement by word and deed that God is acting and manifesting dynamically his redemptive will in history. God is seeking out sinners; he is inviting them to enter into the messianic blessing; he is demanding of them a favorable response to his gracious offer. God has again spoken. A new prophet has appeared, indeed one who is more than a prophet, one who bring to people the very blessings he promises.

I'm sponsored by the solar company Goal Zero, and they were gracious enough to install panels on my van and a nice battery system for the inside. I have lights and a fridge inside the van. And of course I had panels installed on my mom's house.

Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure.

God save our Gracious King, Long live our Noble King, God save the King. Send Him victorious Happy and Glorious Long to rule over us God save the King.

No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days.

I actually had the pleasure of meeting David Bowie at his 50th birthday party in New York City. I handed him the cassette of 'Eight Arms to Hold You,' which I had just got an advance of that day. He very graciously thanked me and tucked it into his jacket pocket.

As a person, I'm polite - I want to please.

There is nothing like Southern hospitality. It's such a beautiful and genuine thing.

You know, Southerners are pretty cool.