Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. Votes: 4
John UpdikeAbove all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. Votes: 4
Francis of AssisiLearn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. Votes: 4
Henri Frederic AmielGracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind. Votes: 2
Francois de La RochefoucauldGrace is given to heal the spiritually sick, not to decorate spiritual heroes Votes: 2
Martin LutherIn effective womanly beauty form is more than face, and manner more than either. Votes: 2
William Makepeace ThackerayYou have to try to take what life throws at you with grace and equanimity. Votes: 2
Christina Baker KlineGod, give us the grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed. Votes: 2
Reinhold NiebuhrBeauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me. Votes: 2
Lindsay LohanNo spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face. Votes: 2
John DonneDestiny, I feel, is also a relationship - a play between divine grace and willful self-effort. Votes: 2
Elizabeth GilbertThe ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. Votes: 2
AristotleGrace is the voice that calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off. Votes: 2
Max LucadoGrace tried is better than grace, and more than grace it is glory in its infancy Votes: 1
Samuel RutherfordYou are so weak. Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave till it gets to shore Votes: 1
Jalal ad-Din RumiWe walk upon the grace of god. Nothing else exists except that.
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellOnly through repentance do we gain access to the atoning grace of Jesus Christ.
D. Todd ChristoffersonI don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
Jackie Joyner-KerseeOnly grace-large doses, frequently displayed, released-will restore the wounded.
Charles R. SwindollExuberance is a gift of grace that allows us to move on, to seek, to love again.
Kay Redfield JamisonConcession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power.
William Pitt, 1st Earl of ChathamGod's grace meets us in messy places because messy places are all that there are.
Tullian TchividjianWe're all just ingredients. What matters is the grace with which you cook the meal.
Erica BauermeisterTrue spirituality consists in living moment to moment by the grace of Jesus Christ.
Francis SchaefferAbove all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need.
Francois FenelonFashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency.
Henry Theodore TuckermanForgiveness is the divine miracle of grace. The cost to God was the Cross of Christ.
Oswald Chambersshe's never forgotten, either, how a mystery caught in the hand could lose its grace
Barbara KingsolverThe rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man's heart.
Bernard of ClairvauxA stated truth loses its grace, but a repeated error appears insipid and ridiculous.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.
Marcus Tullius CiceroNo matter how dark the tapestry God weaves for us, there's always a thread of grace.
Mary Doria RussellI'd not want to answer for the lives of other men; not at seventeen, by God's Grace.
Sharon Kay PenmanI worry about the men of your time, Grace. They all seem to be great fools. (Julian)
Sherrilyn KenyonSpiritual growth is marked by a growing realization of just how much grace you need.
Tullian TchividjianThe grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending.
Tullian TchividjianAbounding sin is the terror of the world, but abounding grace is the hope of mankind.
Aiden Wilson TozerGolf is a game of coordination, rhythm, and grace; women have these to a high degree.
Babe Didrikson ZahariasThe world is waiting for a practical demonstration of the Gospel of the grace of God!
Leonard RavenhillThanks to my son, I've learned to laugh at myself. Laughter has been my saving grace.
Patricia MontandonMoney comes to those who act intelligently, and God to those who hunger for his grace
Shri Radhe MaaThe deeper the experience of the free grace of God, the more generous we must become.
Timothy KellerFor my part, if a lie may do thee grace, I'll gild it with the happiest terms I have.
William ShakespeareTemples stand as a constant physical reminder of the grace and goodness of the Father.
David E. SorensenThe greatest grace of a gift, perhaps, is that it anticipates and admits of no return.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThere is no rest in the heart of God until He knows that you are at resh in His grace.
Lloyd John OgilvieGrace? Are you tipsy? (Selena) Maybe just comfortably toasty. Pop tart toasty. (Grace)
Sherrilyn KenyonIn the state of grace, there is no such thing as opportunity lost that cannot be found.
David JeremiahGrace is God himself, his loving energy at work within his church and within our souls.
Evelyn UnderhillI think I run my strongest when I run with joy, with gratitude, with focus, with grace.
Kristin ArmstrongSeeing ourselves through the eyes of grace frees us to be for others all we need to be.
Michael CardFrom vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.
Alexander PopeThe greater perfection a soul aspires after, the more dependent it is upon Divine Grace.
Brother LawrenceThe grace of the spirit comes only from heaven, and lights up the whole bodily presence.
Charles SpurgeonWhen I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part.
Eric McCormackI need thy presence every passing hour; What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Henry Francis LyteTo will is human, to will the bad is of fallen nature, but to will the good is of Grace.
John CalvinGrace is everywhere, like lenses that go unnoticed because you are looking through them.
Philip YanceyThere's only one requirement for enjoying God's grace: being broke . . . and knowing it.
Randy AlcornFaith is the champion of Grace, and Love the nurse; but Humility is the beauty of Grace.
Thomas BrooksThe people who tend to be the most gracious are those who know how badly they need grace
Tullian TchividjianI know nothing, except what everyone knows - if there when Grace dances, I should dance.
W. H. AudenThe ministry of fear that won't let you live. The ministry of grace that doesn't forgive.
Ozzy OsbourneI have always liked clothes - throughout my life, my saving grace has been my own vanity.
Anthea TurnerYour Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled, or dead?
David WeberOnly those who see themselves as utterly destitute can fully appreciate the grace of God.
Erwin W. LutzerTo be alive is to be addicted, and to be alive and addicted is to stand in need of grace.
Gerald MayGod gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
Ignatius of LoyolaBeauty, grace, and charm my foot. It's a school for sadists with good tea-serving skills.
Libba BrayGrace," I said, very softly. "Say something." Sam," she said, and I crushed her to me.
Maggie StiefvaterGrace is always natural, though that does not prevent its being often used to hide a lie.
Marquis de CustineGrace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to bestow it in the presence of human merit.
Sam StormsGrace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits on the undeserving.
Aiden Wilson TozerThough triumphs were to generals only due, crowns were reserved to grace the soldiers too.
Alexander PopeAs a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized.
Charles Alexander EastmanThe ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God.
David Lloyd-JonesImagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
Haile SelassieGrace is the offer of God's ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
John OrtbergTo those to whom Christ is the hope of future glory, he is also the life of present grace.
John OwenGrace does not lead us to overlook obedience. Grace compels and empowers us for obedience.
Kevin DeYoungSam, I really want to buy a red coffee pot, if they exist," Grace said. "I'll find you one
Maggie StiefvaterEverybody can be great because everybody can serve... You only need a heart full of grace.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Their sighing, canting, grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces.
Robert BurnsGod's grace and mercy have brought you through. Quit acting as if you made it on your own.
T. D. JakesWe are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.
Tullian TchividjianThe most glorious works of grace that have ever took place, have been in answer to prayer.
William CareyWoe to him who neglects to recommend himself to Mary, and thus closes the channel of grace!
Alphonsus LiguoriIf it weren't for God's grace, you and I wouldn't be able to live for even one more minute.
Billy GrahamWe hold that man is never so near grace as when he begins to feel he can do nothing at all.
Charles SpurgeonThe word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.
Dietrich BonhoefferAll you can do is create a space for transformation to happen, for grace and love to enter.
Eckhart TolleIn the '97 pilot season [of Will & Grace ], I got the male lead on The Jenny McCarthy Show.
Eric McCormackSimplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself.
Francois FenelonIt may be that it is only by the grace of granitization that we have continents to live on.
Herbert Harold ReadWithout an unreserved surrender to His grace, complete mastery over thoughts is impossible.
Mahatma GandhiEmbrace more deeply His love, His mercy and grace, and the powerful gifts of His Atonement.
Neil L. AndersenWe must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
Simone WeilGrace could not have done it's curing work if the law had not first done its crushing work.
Tullian TchividjianHumility is, of all graces , the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
Bernard of ClairvauxWhat appears to be a breakdown can often be a breakthrough.... IF you understand God's grace
Carl LentzThe grace of God exalts a man without inflating him, and humbles a man without debasing him.
Charles HodgeThe doctrines of grace humble man without degrading him and exalt him without inflating him.
Charles HodgeIt is folly to think the Lord provides grace for every trouble but the one you are in today.
Charles SpurgeonWhere sin has abounded in me, Grace now much more abounds in me. I live by that 'much more.'
E. Stanley JonesBy the Grace of God, I am cured of the disease of egotism, and Death no longer terrifies me.
Guru ArjanAll our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestations of His grace, power and love.
Hudson TaylorDo you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer.
J. C. RyleAnyway, you know good and well it would be beyond the will of God, and the grace of the King
Jimi HendrixEyes that displace the neighbor diamond, and outface that sunshine by their own sweet grace.
Richard CrashawThe law cannot make a wicked person virtuous"¦God's grace alone can accomplish such a thing.
Ron PaulI once laboured hard for the free will of man, until the grace of God at length overcame me.
Saint AugustineThe grace of God is like insurance. It will help you in your time of need without any limit.
Sathya Sai BabaGifts are as gold that adorns the temple; grace is like the temple that sanctifies the gold.
William BurkittPrayer ought to be short and pure, unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of Divine grace.
Benedict of NursiaAll human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.
Flannery O'ConnorNothing is old, nothing is new, save the light of grace underneath which beats a human heart.
Georges RouaultGod's greatest interest is to glorify the wealth of His grace by making sinners happy in Him.
John PiperNone are ruined by the justice of God but those that hate to be reformed by the grace of God.
Matthew HenryI take much pleasure in being alone but there is also a strange warm grace in not being alone.
Charles BukowskiYou are a trophy of God's grace. He has future accomplishments with your name written on them.
Derwin L. GrayGrace gives us the power to live, and mercy keeps us free from guilt, condemnation, and shame.
John BevereA bullfighter must have courage, skill, and grace. And of these courage is the most important.
Maia WojciechowskaA man must completely despair of himself in order to become fit to obtain the grace of Christ.
Martin LutherThe will of man without grace is not free, but is enslaved, and that too with its own consent.
Martin Luther"Come on Grace, I'm not going to tell on you. I'm your sister." And that's all she has to say.
Robin EpsteinFate wings, with every wish, the afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art.
Samuel JohnsonSo, what's your style preference? (Grace) For what I have in mind, nudity works best. (Julian)
Sherrilyn KenyonThe peace produced by grace is a spiritual stability too deep for violence it is unshakeable
Thomas MertonThe doctrine of grace and redemption keeps us from seeing any person or situation as hopeless.
Timothy KellerWhoever hath a seed time of grace pass over his soul, shall have his harvest time also of joy.
William GurnallGrace is the vehicle God uses on occasion to ensure that we get precisely what we dont deserve.
Andy StanleyMusic is a vehicle that propels me and so many other people toward a place we might call grace.
Cathleen FalsaniNothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe pursuit of holiness must be anchored in the grace of God; otherwise it is doomed to failure
Jerry BridgesSoul-force comes only through God's grace and never descends upon a man who is a slave to lust.
Mahatma GandhiSuccess is doing what you said you would do, consistantly, with clarity, focus, ease and grace.
Maria NemethForgetfulness of God's grace is one of the greatest tools in the enemy's war against our souls.
Mark DeverGrace is not blind. It sees the hurt full well. But chooses to see God's forgiveness even more.
Max LucadoAs holy zeal is the fervency of our grace, so sinful zeal is the intention and fervency of sin.
Richard BaxterSuch an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
Benjamin WhichcoteLive up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can't have it both ways.
Carlos SantanaHell strives with grace for conquest in my breast. What shall I do to shun the snares of death?
Christopher MarloweI'm sick and tired of (only) reading about church history; let's make (some) by the grace of God
Leonard RavenhillGrace: The idea was immediately unbearable, only because I wanted it to be true so badly it hurt
Maggie StiefvaterSam: "You"you greatly overestimate my self-control." Grace: "I'm not looking for self-control.
Maggie StiefvaterOften, it seems, we're [Christians] perceived more as guilt dispensers than as grace dispensers.
Philip YanceyIf grace is obligated it is no longer grace. The very essence of grace is that it is undeserved.
R. C. SproulIf a man prays to Thee with a yearning heart, he can reach Thee, through Thy grace, by any path.
RamakrishnaIntegrity... does not mean sinless, but it does describe a person who by God's grace "sin less."
Sam StormsNo religion has a separate God showering grace only on those who profess to abide by that faith.
Sathya Sai BabaFine, but I'm not ripping the head off a voodoo chicken or drinking anything disgusting. (Grace)
Sherrilyn KenyonThree of them got killed. My mother was shot in the knee. But by God's grace, she's still alive.
Tamba Hali[Topher Grace] is thought about what he's going to do and he has a lot of ideas. So there's that.
Diane KeatonIt is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live in community with Christian brethren.
Dietrich BonhoefferOnly by God?s grace have I made it to see today and only by God?s grace will I ever see tomorrow.
Jesse OwensIf I be not in a state of grace, I pray God place me in it; if I be in it, I pray God keep me so.
Joan of ArcEvery twenty-four hours God has a fresh new supply of grace, of favor, of wisdom, of forgiveness.
Joel OsteenThe least grace is a better security for heaven than the greatest gifts or privileges whatsoever.
John OwenIt is our confidence in the sovereign grace of God that gives us any hope of success in missions.
Kevin DeYoungI pranced around the room like a blind moose, but what I lacked in grace I made up for in effort.
Kiera CassEvery ending is a new beginning. Through the grace of God, we can always start again. (Page 120.)
Marianne WilliamsonThankfulness is a humble, open and prayerful attitude that helps you receive more of God's grace.
Mata AmritanandamayiThe breeze of God's grace is blowing continually. You have to set your sail to catch that breeze.
Swami PrabhavanandaThe burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God.
William Bernard UllathorneAspiring to a depth of awareness of the sacred whole has always been the path to wisdom and grace.
Charlene SpretnakTo be without love is to be without grace, what matters most in life. We is so much better than I.
James PattersonIf you want to be a conduit for God's grace, you don't have to be lined with gold. Copper will do.
John PiperWe cannot "psychologize" the grace of God. God's actions are outside and above our human sciences.
John PowellIn loving one another through our works we bring an increase of grace and a growth in divine love.
Mother TeresaAll land, no matter what has happened to it, has over it a grace, an absolutely persistent beauty.
Robert AdamsPale sunlight, pale the wall. Love moves away. The light changes I need more grace than I thought.
RumiVerily, great grace may go with a little gift; and precious are all things that come from friends.
TheocritusIt is only as we remember and embrace His generous grace toward us that we can extend it to others.
David JeremiahLove that goes upward is worship; Love that goes outward is affection; Love that stoops is grace.
Donald BarnhouseMay the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
Ignatius of LoyolaWhen we get bumped - we spill what we are full of - Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
James MacDonaldGod's truth tells us the truth about ourselves, but His grace forgives us for the truth He reveals.
Jill BriscoeSuffering only shows where you are attached. That is why, to those on the path, suffering is grace.
Ram DassThe splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.
Thomas AquinasThe grace of God reaches to the furthest extent to those who are prepared to acknowledge their need.
Alistair BeggJesus did not come to strike a balance between grace and truth. He brought the full measure of both.
Andy StanleyDon't sulk. For someone with all the grace and coordination of a pregnant wildebeest, you did great.
Cassandra ClareIf we give God service it must be because He gives us grace. We work for Him because He works in us.
Charles SpurgeonWe should be so joyful from God's grace that others would respond by saying, 'I wish I had your God.
Francis ChanThe Lord Jesus, everything. In himself worse than nothing. By grace, in Christ, the son of the King.
George MullerAll hope is lost of my reception into grace; what worse? For where no hope is left, is left no fear.
John MiltonBefore the work of grace the heart is "stony.' It can do no more than a stone can do to please God.
John OwenHe is a male butterfly without the wings - the same kind of grace of a very young horse, so angular.
Mikhail BaryshnikovFor grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them.
Saint AugustineThe more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace.
Thomas a KempisHow can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands? Votes: 6 Mahalia Jackson
Diana Ross is a big inspiration to all of us. We all grew up watching everything about her - her mike placement, her grace, her style and her class. Votes: 1 Beyonce Knowles
One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth. Votes: 1 Anne Hutchinson
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate. Votes: 3 Pope John Paul II
Gratitude is what we radiate when we experience grace, and the soul was made to run on grace the way a 747 runs on rocket fuel. Votes: 1 John Ortberg
Your heart has to be prepared ahead of time through faith and prayer and grace and mercy and love and forgiveness so you can keep your heart open in hell, when hell happens. Votes: 1 Richard Rohr
I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration. Votes: 1 William P. Young
God's grace is amazing! We're saved by grace - God's undeserved favor - and we live by grace, which is also God's power in our lives to do what we could never do in our own strength. And it's all because God is love, and He loves us unconditionally, constantly and completely. Votes: 1 Joyce Meyer
We can never reflect too much on God's grace. Votes: 3 Sinclair B. Ferguson
A difficult journey is spiritual rewarding.There is a more dependence on God, His supernatural power, grace and divine favour along the travel. Votes: 3 Lailah Gifty Akita
Now being in such grace and favor by reason I learned him some points of geometry and understanding of the art of mathematics with other things, I pleased him so that what I said he would not contrary. Votes: 3 William Adams
I love Twitter, and my little corner of it is heavily weighted in favour of women, many of them writers: Caitlin Moran, India Knight, Lauren Laverne, Grace Dent, Deborah Orr, Marina Hyde, Suzanne Moore. I look at that list of names and think, 'Here comes the fun - fun that knows its way around a dictionary.' Votes: 1 John Niven
...God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver.... From the earliest parts of the Bible, it was understood that God could not forgive without sacrifice. No one who is seriously wronged can "just forgive" the perpetrator.... But when you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly. Votes: 3 Timothy Keller
As fallible humans, we usually slip too far over one edge or the other - all wrath and judgment or all grace and love. Votes: 3 Eric Wilson
God's grace and mercy have brought you through. Quit acting as if you made it on your own. Votes: 4 T. D. Jakes
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. Votes: 2 Henri Frederic Amiel
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Grace Brisbane. There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, and very good at lying, and she made her home in between the pages of books. She loved all the wolves behind her house, but she love one of them most of all. Votes: 4 Maggie Stiefvater
Faith, and hope, and patience and all the strong, beautiful, vital forces of piety are withered and dead in a prayerless life. The life of the individual believer, his personal salvation, and personal Christian graces have their being, bloom, and fruitage in prayer. Votes: 2 Edward McKendree Bounds
When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven. Votes: 1 Chloe Grace Moretz
Amazing Grace' is about the man who wrote 'Amazing Grace,' John Newton. It's a really great show - I have been workshopping it for a while now, actually. Votes: 2 Josh Young
Applause is interesting, but I'm a monster with or without it. Something is either well written or it isn't. 'White Rabbit' is not well written, and no amount of applause or royalties can convince me it is. I could have done a better job with those lyrics. They didn't say what I wanted. Votes: 1 Grace Slick
Through the grace of Christ we shall live in obedience to the law of God written upon our hearts. Having the Spirit of Christ, we shall walk even as He walked. Votes: 3 Ellen G. White
Grace is a much more accurate word to use when dealing with the state of human existence. God gives us unmerited favor through Jesus Christ, and since Adam and Eve, our lives have depended on it. Votes: 2 Monica Johnson
Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you. Votes: 4 John Green
What's your name ? Hazel . No , your full name . Um , Hazel Grace Lancaster . Votes: 4 John Green
God wills in man only that which is good, in the kingdom of his grace; where the free will yields itself up into the grace, there God wills that which is good in the will, through the grace. Votes: 4 Jakob Bohme
Frank Zhang! I, Jason Grace, praetor of the Twelfth Legion Fulminata, give you my final order: I resign my post and give you emergency field promotion to praetor, with the full powers of that rank. Take command of this legion! Votes: 4 Rick Riordan
I'm happiest at home hanging out with the kids... Having a family has been my saving grace because I don't work back to back on anything or I'd drive myself to an early grave with guilt and worry for my family, whom I'd never see. Votes: 1 Jude Law
We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. Votes: 3 Seneca the Younger
For even these are no less bestowed on him of pure grace, than are righteousness and salvation themselves. Votes: 4 Johann Arndt
Change won't happen through âtrying harder' but only through encountering the radical grace of God. Votes: 3 Timothy Keller
That some unevangelized men are saved, in the present life, by an extraordinary exercise of redeeming grace in Christ, has been the hope and belief of Christendom. It was the hope and belief of the elder Calvinists, as of the later. Votes: 3 William Greenough Thayer Shedd
I believe that Christians believe in salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, not by works. And we believe that if you're saved, Jesus becomes your savior. He makes a promise to you. You can trust his promises. You can bank on that word. Votes: 3 Robert H. Schuller
We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off. Votes: 3 Randall Terry
Saving Grace,' even though fictionally it was set in Oklahoma, we shot it right outside of L.A. Votes: 4 Bailey Chase
Hera: Ohh, Thalia Grace, when I get out of here, you'll be sorry you were ever born. Thalia: Save it! You've been nothing but a curse to every child of Zeus for ages. You sent a bunch of intestinally challenged cows after my friend Annabeth Hera: She was disrespectful! Thalia: You dropped a statue on my legs. Hera: It was an accident! Thalia: AND you took my brother Votes: 6 Rick Riordan