Most of the time one is discouraged by the work, but now and again by some grace something stands out and invites… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
In regard of the rich grace and wisdom of his love toward his people; for who sees not, but that it is… — Thomas Shepard Copy Share Image
I'm not perfect. And who knows how many times I've fallen short. We all fall short. That's the amazing thing about the… — Tim Tebow Copy Share Image
“The disciple living by grace rather than law has undergone a decisive conversion—a turning from mistrust to trust. The foremost characteristic of… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Prayer is, paradoxically, both a gift and a conquest, a grace and a duty. Does that not mean, is it not a… — Peter Forsyth Copy Share Image
We pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. Go ahead and fail. But fail with wit,… — Bruce Barton Copy Share Image
“Secrets aren’t the same as lying,' Vaughn commented, because they both had the muddiest of ethics, which was an odd thing to… — Sarra Manning Copy Share Image
Youth, large, lusty, loving -- Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that Old Age may come after you with… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
We really are immortal in the sense that Christ’s Atonement conquers death, both physical and spiritual. And provided we have so lived… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
My mother was a full-time mother. She didn't have much of her own career, her own life, her own experiences... everything was… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
To live On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces, Gallant in steeds; splendid in banquets; all Not yours. Given, uninherited,… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“The bending of the mind by the powers of this world has twisted the gospel of grace into religious bondage and distorted… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
God alone can do what seems impossible. This is the promise of his grace: 'I will restore to you the years that… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“What I've learned is that everything in life - and I mean, even the worst of it - can be turned into… — Kira Salak Copy Share Image
Fear is so fundamental to the human condition that all the great spiritual traditions originate in an effort to overcome its effects… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
'Savage Inequalities' was about school finance, and 'Amazing Grace' primarily dealt with medical and social injustices in New York. But with 'Ordinary… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Children of those ancient Aryans, through the grace of the Lord may you have the same pride, may that faith in your… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
It is the way of grace. People do not merit salvation but receive it as a free gift from God on the… — Leon Morris Copy Share Image
Every genuine confession humbles the soul. When it takes the form of thanksgiving, it teaches the soul that it has been delivered… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home; But elegance, chief grace the garden shows,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
There's a certain pattern that exists with geniuses - an eccentricity, a lack of social graces and an inability to really communicate… — John Noble Copy Share Image
If I didn't know the ending of a story, I wouldn't begin. I always write my last lines, my last paragraph first,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In myths the warrant of grace was the acceptance of sacrifice; it is this acceptance that love, the re-enactment of sacrifice, beseeches… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
It is entirely the work of grace and a benefit conferred by it that our heart is changed from a stony one… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“But by the grace of God I am what I am." ~1 Corinthians 15:10 "Paul was alluding here to his honest response… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
I remembered the pain as clearly as if I were shifting — the pain of loss. I felt the agony of the… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Because I had three years on 'Perception,' I think I succeeded in showing I can do other things, and I can create… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
“I know this kind of girl,” Grace was saying. “It’s the worst kind of combination of abuse and privilege, and growing up… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Created man cannot become a son of God and god by grace through deification, unless he is first through his own free… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard… — Lapo Elkann Copy Share Image
I hope to work through disappointment and frustration with as much grace as [Georgia] O'Keeffe did, and I hope to have the… — Liza Campbell Copy Share Image
These nutbags, like Santorum and Bachmann, who make these people and especially young gay kids feel miserable, shame on them. They're quacks.… — Howard Stern Copy Share Image
But we need to pray daily for humility and honesty to see these sinful attitudes for that they really are, and then… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
People never fail to amaze me. They face the unimaginable with a shot of grace and a rush of adrenaline; they steel… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
For contemplation he and valour formed; / For softness she and sweet attractive grace, / He for God only, she for God… — John Milton Copy Share Image
While sin is overflowing, [grace] pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Use me then, my Saviour for whatever purpose and whatever way thou mayest require. Here is my poor heart, and empty vessel;… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
Excellence, to me, is the state of grace that can descend only when one tunes out all the world's clamor, listens to… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the… — Darlene Zschech Copy Share Image