Grace Quotes - Page 39

• Willing is superfluous for Me. For grace is ever available to devotees who have steady love and faith. Since I move freely with them, talking and singing, even intellectuals are unable to grasp My Truth, My power, My glory or My real task as Avatar.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Real, Moving, Talking

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• For contemplation he and valour formed; / For softness she and sweet attractive grace, / He for God only, she for God in him: / His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule.

  John Milton

  Sweet, Eye, Sublime

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 4, l. 297

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• It is the height of stupidity to claim that men who for a thousand years have had the power to berate us, to fleece us and to oppress us with impunity, will now agree, with good grace, to be our equals.

  Jean-Paul Marat

  Men, Years, Stupidity

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• It is as we respond to the understandings and feelings inherent in . . . art that we acquire much of our truth, much of our nobility and grace, and much of our pleasure.

  Ursula Goodenough

  Art, Understanding, Feelings

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• Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage, grace under pressure, sportsmanship.

  George Will

  Sports, Appreciation, School

  George F. Will (2003). “With a Happy Eye, But...: America and the World, 1997--2002”, p.50, Simon and Schuster

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• The Book of Books Within this ample volume lies The mystery of mysteries. Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way; But better had they ne'er been born That read to doubt or read to scorn.

  Walter Scott

  Fear, Lying, Book

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• Life's saving graces are love, pleasure, laughter ... wisdom, it seems, is for the Hereafter.

  Michael R. Burch

  Laughter, Political, Saving

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• The defect in wisdom and taste which exists among the majority of dancers is due to the bad education which they generally receive. They apply themselves only to the material side of their art, they learn to jump more or less high, they strive mechanically to execute a number of steps, and like children, who utter a great many words devoid of sense and relation, they execute many phrases of steps devoid of taste and grace.

  Jean-Georges Noverre

  Art, Children, Numbers

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• He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. from the Book of Proverbs

  Solomon

  Life, Truth, Book

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• Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.

  William Gurnall

  Humility, Veils

  William Gurnall (1862). “The Christian in Complete Armour: Or, A Treatise on the Saints' War with the Devil ...”, p.139

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• But O the exceeding grace
  Of highest God, that loves his creatures so,
  And all his works with mercy doth embrace,
  That blessed angels, he sends to and fro,
  To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.

  Edmund Spenser

  Blessed, Angel, Men

  Edmund Spenser, Henry John Todd (1869). “The Works of Edmund Spenser: With a Selection of Notes from Various Commentators; and a Glossarial Index: to which is Prefixed, Some Account of the Life of Spenser”, p.98

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• Despite the obvious fault in the universe, it cannot be used as an excuse for not trying to be your best self. Instead, use unfairness as a starting point to be sure that your actions are the best you can muster, and find peace in navigating your time here with grace and humor whenever possible.

  Valerie Plame

  Self, Trying, Use

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• During the year 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life. At that time, in gratitude, I humbly asked to be given the means and privilege to make others happy through music. I feel this has been granted through His grace. ALL PRAISE TO GOD.

  John Coltrane

  Spiritual, Gratitude, Mean

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• When a man is in God's grace and free from mortal sin, then everything that he does, so long as there is no sin in it, gives God glory and what does not give him glory has some, however little, sin in it. It is not only prayer that gives God glory but work. Smiting on an anvil, sawing a beam, whitewashing a wall, driving horses, sweeping, scouring, everything gives God some glory if being in his grace you do it as your duty.

  Gerard Manley Hopkins

  Horse, Prayer, Wall

  "Poems and Prose".

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• Few of us are granted the grace to know ourselves, and until we do, maybe the best we can do is be consistent.

  Andre Agassi

  Being The Best, Granted, Consistent

  Andre Agassi (2009). “Open”, p.202, Vintage

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• Salvation is in Christ, not the Holy Ghost; our Blessed Lord redeemed us and the Holy Ghost is his messenger to carry the message of redeeming grace into the hearts of men. Thus, the joyous words spoken by the Holy Ghost are in reality the words of Christ. The Spirit is simply the one who delivers the word.

  Bruce R. McConkie

  Blessed, Heart, Reality

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• One of the most fallacious doctrines originated by Satan and propounded by man is that man is saved alone by the grace of God; that belief in Jesus Christ alone is all that is needed for salvation

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Jesus, Men, Doctrine

  Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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• Do I guard myself, my heart, my feelings, my thoughts? Do I guard the treasure of grace? Do I guard the presence of the Holy Spirit in me? Or do I let go, feeling secure, believing that all is going well?

  Pope Francis

  Letting Go, Believe, Heart

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• Let us ask the Lord for the grace to take these things seriously. He came to fight for our salvation. He won against the devil! Please, let us not do business with the devil! He seeks to return home, to take possession of us Do not relativize; be vigilant! And always with Jesus!

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Home, Fighting

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• Even in a jungle, lovely flowers will spring up here and there, such being the fecundity of nature, and however badly our pastors and masters run our society, however much they pull to pieces that which they claim to be keeping intact, nature remains fecund, human beings are born with human traits, sometimes human strength outweighs human weakness, and human grace shows itself amid human ugliness. ‘In the bloodiest times,’ as our play has it, ‘there are kind people.’

  Eric Bentley

  Running, Spring, Flower

  Eric Bentley (2008). “Bentley on Brecht”, p.200, Northwestern University Press

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• Suddenly absurdism wasn’t an intellectual abstraction, it was actually realism. You could see the way that wealth was begetting wealth, wealth was begetting comfort — and that the cumulative effect of an absence of wealth was the erosion of grace.

  George Saunders

  Erosion, Intellectual, Comfort

  George Saunders (2013). “Tenth of December”, p.27, A&C Black

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• Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct. Let modesty be compassion, good manners fasting, you should be a Muslim the like of this. Let good deeds be your Kaaba and truth be your mentor. Your Kalma be your creed and prayer, God would then vindicate your honour.

  Guru Nanak

  Letting Go, Prayer, Compassion

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• Carry with you maps and string, flashlights, friends who make you sing, and stars to help you find your place, music, hope, and amazing grace.

  Mary Chapin Carpenter

  Stars, Best Laid Plans, Maps

  Song: Your Life Story, Album: The Calling

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• Man unquestionably has impressive powers... But after all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from the effects of our sins without the grace extended by the atonement of Jesus Christ... Man cannot earn his own salvation.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Jesus, Men, Sin

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• Death is not a curse to be outwitted no matter the cost. Death is the natural pivot on which life turns, without which life as we know it could not be. A pro-life-support position is not always a pro-life position. When we can no longer hold on with purpose, to let go is to die with dignity and grace.

  Forrest Church

  Letting Go, Pro Life, Support

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