Graciousness Quotes

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  Your graciousness is what carries you. It isn't how old you are, how young you are, how beautiful you are, or how short your skirt is. What it is, is what comes out of your heart. If you are gracious, you have won the game.

  Stevie Nicks

  Beautiful, Heart, Games

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• To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.

  William Arthur Ward

  Self Esteem, Humility, Pride

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.

  Francis Bacon

  Kindness, Men, Grace

  Essays "Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature" (1625)

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• Graciousness is the fruit of someone who knows how badly they themselves need grace.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Grace, Needs, Fruit

  Twitter post from Feb 26, 2015

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• Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Funny, Sarcastic, Yield

  Charles Caleb COLTON (1849). “L.P.”, p.157

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• One must place one's principles in big things. For the small, graciousness will suffice.

  Albert Camus

  Principles, Bigs, Big Things

  Albert Camus (2008). “Notebooks, 1951-1959”, Ivan R Dee

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• Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.

  Emily Post

  Social Values, Courtesy, Manners

  Emily Post (1960). “Etiquette: the blue book of social usage”

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• Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your capacity to love, your spirituality, delicacy, radiance, sensitivity, creativity, charm, graciousness, gentleness, dignity, and quiet strength.

  James E. Faust

  Strength, Love You, Creativity

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• My fake Japanese was smooth enough to earn me the title of 'The Emperor of Pleasing Graciousness' in that country.

  Wolfman Jack

  Country, Fake People, Titles

  Wolfman Jack, Byron Laursen (2011). “Have Mercy!: Confessions of the Original Rock 'n' Roll Animal - Wolfman Jack”, p.371, BookBaby

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• Kindness is always fashionable.

  Amelia Barr

  Thank You, Fashion, Kindness

  Amelia Barr (2017). “All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography”, p.98, Litres

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• Sportsmanship is the ethical and moral dimension of sports. It is demonstrated by a number of attributes and attitudes such as fair play, respect for the rules and traditions of the sport and various traits of good character including integrity (abiding by the letter and spirit of the rules and concepts of honor); demonstrated respect for others including teammates, opponents, officials and spectators; accountability, self-control, and graciousness in victory and defeat.

  Michael Josephson

  Sports, Respect, Attitude

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• Art itself is female - it is full of graciousness, cadence, color, rhythm. It's full of love and grace.

  Juan Gabriel

  Art, Color, Grace

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• Graciousness, courtesy, compassion-this is hesed. Hesed is a quality that extends even to the animals and the land. The sabbath rest principle of Hebrew law included the needs of the livestock (Exod. 23:12). After seven years of planting and harvesting, the land itself needed "a year of complete rest" (Lev. 25:5). Even the soil of the vineyards was not to be overtaxed by planting other crops between the rows (Deut. 22:9). The oxen that trod out the grain were not to be muzzled so that they could eat while they worked (Deut. 25:4). And so on.

  Richard J. Foster

  Animal, Compassion, Oxen

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• My wife has been my greatest earthly inspiration. She excels in eloquence, the poetry of words, empathy and graciousness.

  George W. Romney

  Inspiration, Wife, Empathy

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• We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, as it was to the godly Israelites who wrote the psalms, and that the habit of celebrating the greatness and graciousness of God yields an endless flow of thankfulness, joy, and zeal.

  J. I. Packer

  Christian, Godly, Greatness

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• God's graciousness is not totally removed from any individual during this lifetime. In hell, it is.

  R. C. Sproul

  Hell, Lifetime, Individual

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• The lessons near and far have taught us that our truth is Kuwait, and our involvement with this fact is what created for us, with God's graciousness, our victory set.

  Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

  Taught Us, Kuwait, Victory

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• Cynicism is intelectual dandyism, but graciousness in speech is an aphrodisiac. (Andy Spade)

  Kate Spade

  Aphrodisiac, Speech, Cynicism

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• I would recommend a free commerce both of matter and mind. I would let men enter their own churches with the same freedom as their own houses; and I would do it without a homily or graciousness or favor, for tyranny itself is to me a word less odious than toleration.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Men, House, Mind

  Walter Savage Landor (1876). “Dialogues of sovereigns and statesmen”, p.90

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• Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and
  the overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as is practiced
  by people of all colours and races here in this ancient Holy Land,
  the home of Abraham, Muhammad, and all the other prophets
  of the Holy Scriptures. For the past week, I have been utterly
  speechless and spellbound by the graciousness I see displayed
  all around me by people of all colours.

  Malcolm X

  Home, Past, Land

  Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.347, Ballantine Books

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• In many cases, change is not a function of life's cruelty but instead a function of God's graciousness.

  Shauna Niequist

  Function, Cases, Cruelty

  Shauna Niequist (2010). “Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way”, p.11, Zondervan

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• If you happen to find it hard to have sustained conversations, try keeping your voice up at the end of the sentence. There is a charming graciousness in doing so, for it seems to say that you do not think your remarks are the last words to be said on the subject. It prevents you from seeming opinionated. How men dislike an opinionated woman! No one really likes her! To keep your voice up sounds as though you are interested in other people's ideas. The subject is still open!

  Margery Wilson

  Men, Thinking, Ideas

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• I've been fortunate to live a very full professional life. Most of it has happened through God's graciousness and not from something I've imagined.

  Oleta Adams

  Happened, Professional Life, Fortunate

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