My name is now Christian, but my name used to be Graceless.

As a child, I was an active Christian. I used to love the school choir and remember the carol service as always such an…

— Douglas Adams

“That prayer is a necessary duty to be performed by the Christian, and used with all other means in his spiritual warfare.”

— William Gurnall

The term Christian used to be a pejorative. Back in the day, Christians were persecuted; however, over time, it became one of the word's…

— Simon Tam

'Christian' used to be a throwaway word. People didn't used to use it much. People didn't start self-labeling or getting labeled Christian until the…

— Penn Jillette

I'm very unphysical and graceless so basically if you save 10 people to be with you in a resistance movement, you would never save…

— Connor Jessup

“A graceless pastor is a blind man elected to a professorship of optics, philosophizing upon light and vision, discoursing upon and distinguishing to others…

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

It's so graceless, being a martyr. It's honoring your adversaries too much.

— Ayn Rand

“He was enmeshed in his grief. He did not notice that Graceless's leg had come off and that she was managing as best she…

— Stella Gibbons

A graceless life is a Godless life.

— Anonymous

Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.

— John Bunyan

No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

— John Bunyan

“The preeminent job of the church is to equip Christian for life's challenges. This requires the emphasis on being fitted with tested armor. He…

— John Bunyan

When you get honest with God, you can exchange the fig leaves you used to cover your sin with the righteousness of Jesus Christ.

— Johnny Hunt

I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from…

— Steven Spielberg

I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the…

— Karen Hawkins