The Good News is that God's mercy and forgiveness extend to those who repent. Mercy does not mean approving of something that… — Thomas J. Paprocki Copy Share Image
I was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If you remember nothing else from this story, remember this: Even those marked by judgment—be it a physical or emotional scar—can be… — Jocelyn Green Copy Share Image
“She never says gracias because life is made of survival not grace, she says, and servants are paid to bring what they're… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
There are things that we all do that we hate about ourselves or that we regret. But it's about giving yourself grace,… — Megan Anderson Copy Share Image
A man can be saved and not believe in the Doctrines of Grace...but he must be a very proud man. Unknown-but if… — Will Graham Copy Share Image
I don't say things like "the grace of God." All that's white noise to me, not because I'm an intellectual. For many… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Oh goodness infinite, goodness immense! That all this good of evil shall produce, And evil turn to good; more wonderful Than that… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“Guess what? Grace is more powerful than consequences. Grace overwhelms consequences. Even with consequences there is love and grace and the mercy… — Louie Giglio Copy Share Image
Wordsworth's particular grace, his charisma, as theologians say, has been granted in equal measure to so very few men since time was--to… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
There are acacias, a graceful species amusingly devitalized by sentimentality, this kind drooping its leaves with the grace of a young widow… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
I think one of the things that I carry, and just my goals in life, is just encourage people and make them… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
It is this one Spirit who makes it possible for an infant to be regenerated . . . when that infant is… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Towers in a modern town are a frill and a survival; they seem like the raised hands of the various churches, afraid… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I went to a failing school, and by the grace of God, my mother was able to put me into private school,… — Stacey Dash Copy Share Image
Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Although my royal rank causes me to doubt whether my kingdom is not more sought after than myself, yet I understand that… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Nothing is thought rare Which is not new and follow'd, yet we know That what was worne some twenty yeare agoe, Comes… — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
Grow in the root of all grace, which is faith. Believe God's promises more firmly than ever. Allow your faith to increase… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Know that My Heart is mercy itself. From this sea of mercy graces flow out upon the world…I desire that your heart… — Mary Faustina Kowalska Copy Share Image
The truly changed, truly converted, truly Christian heart can say with John Newton, “I am not what I ought to be. I… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Be the kind of person you want to be attracted to. You will find that you are less and less drawn to… — John Townsend Copy Share Image
There are endless treasures of grace waiting for those who will make even the most feeble attempts to pray. The weakest prayers… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
How much the more in judging of the human heart should we distrust all fashionable airs and graces, all tricks and smartness,… — Murasaki Shikibu Copy Share Image
God does not give His grace as He gives His sunshine - pouring it out on all alike. He discriminates in spiritual… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
Teaching unsupported by grace may enter our ears, but it never reaches the heart. When God's grace does touch our innermost minds… — Isidore of Seville Copy Share Image
When you think that most of us are doomed by divine grace to roast in hell, to say nothing of mortgages and… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
Man's mind a mirror is of heavenly sights,A brief wherein all marvels summèd lie,Of fairest forms and sweetest shapes the store,Most graceful… — Robert Southwell Copy Share Image
When we, by the working of mercy and grace, be made meek and mild, we are fully safe; suddenly is the soul… — Julian of Norwich Copy Share Image
As I get older, I'm finding that I recognize certain celebrities only because they frequently grace the pages of US Weekly, but… — Laurie Foos Copy Share Image
Somewhere in there the grace of a ballet dancer joins with the strength of an SAS squaddie, the dignity of an ancient… — Eamon Dunphy Copy Share Image
Within my heart is lurking suspicion, and base fear, and shame and hate; but above all, tyrannous love sits throned, crowned with… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“When we fail, we cut the string. Then God ties it up again, making a knot and thereby bringing us a little… — Sharon A. Hersh Copy Share Image
For to wish to forget how much you loved someone-- and then, to actually forget-- can feel, at times, like the slaughter… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
God often goes to the gutter to find the recipient for His grace. He lifts him out, washes him and transforms him… — Chuck Smith Copy Share Image
The Christian must know that the season, measure, and continuance of his sufferings are appointed by Infinite Wisdom, and designed to work… — John Newton Copy Share Image
Conversion is not only changing the faith. Conversion is changing the heart and working over there is the grace of God. Then… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Salvation now consists of a deep wrestling in our souls with the sinfulness of our hearts, the depth of our depravity, and… — David Platt Copy Share Image