Quotes About Deserving

Grace is opposed to earning, not to effort. In fact, nothing inspires and enhances effort like the experience of grace.

Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action.

Grace is opposed to earning, not to effort.

One narrative, about the hated people in our lands, is that eventually they get what is coming to them.

"Out of all the things that I do all day, telling you that I love you is the sweetest thing I do. It is my favorite part of the day because you deserve all the love I can give."

"And think not that you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course."

We think we are unique, special and deserving of happiness, but we are terrified of being alone.

I have been overwhelmed by gifts and good wishes all week. So many from people who I thought did not care, so many from people whose love I had done little to deserve. But then, love is never about deserving, is it? Nor is hate.

Viruses have no morality, no sense of good and evil, the deserving or the undeserving.... AIDS is not the swift sword with which the Lord punishes the evil practitioners of male homosexuality and intravenous drug use. It is simply an opportunistic virus that does what it has to do to stay alive.

The reasoning behind anyone trying to make you feel less than you are is simple; you are more than they deserve.

Women with power and authority tend to intimidate people far more than men with the same qualities, particularly if those women deserve the position they have achieved.

My subsequent life as a neurosurgeon was to teach me that the distinction between physical and psychological illness is false – at least, that illnesses of the mind are no less real than those of the body, and no less deserving of our help.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Many people still regard many users of public services as undeserving.

'Silicon Valley' is a great show. It might be the best comedy on television. And if the Academy feels I have stood out to the point of deserving an award, I won't pawn it.

I don't think I should settle for anything less than what I'm valued at.

In order for grace to truly be grace, it has to extend to absolutely everyone, no matter what, no questions, no exceptions. Otherwise we think that somehow, by living a moral life...we've deserved it

Ils croyaient qu'un jour ou l'autre, cela arriverait, parce qu'ils avaient attendu toute une vie pour cela et qu'ils pensaient le mériter. Muss es sein? Es muss sein.

I do all the work so it's only right that I should get the most money. Plus I am the most handsome.

It's very nice to see when somebody who wanted to work hard and is willing to put the work in gets rewarded for it.

No work deserves to be criticized that has not much in it that deserves to be applauded.

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.

If you really believe that you deserve better, work on you, not them.