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title: "4 Gracious Quotes By E. Stanley Jones"
description: "4 Gracious quotes by E. Stanley Jones. Plus more from E. Stanley Jones and more Gracious sayings from other authors."
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> [Grace binds you with far stronger cords than the cords of duty or obligation can bind you. Grace is free, but when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/grace-binds-you-with-far-stronger-cords-than-the-cords-of-duty-or/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

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> [Grace makes you gracious. The Giver makes you give.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/grace-makes-you-gracious-the-giver-makes-you-give/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

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> [In our Ashrams of East and West, places of spiritual retreat, we begin with what we call "The Morning of the Open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/in-our-ashrams-of-east-and-west-places-of-spiritual-retreat-we-begin/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

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> [You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You begin to move toward others in love.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/you-cease-to-move-into-yourself-away-from-others-you-give-up-your/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

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## Other authors on Gracious

## More by E. Stanley Jones

> [The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living does not mean perfect living in the sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/the-action-carries-a-sense-of-incompleteness-and-frustration-but-not/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

> [Many live in dread of what is coming. Why should we? The unknown puts adventure into life. ... The unexpected around the corner gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/many-live-in-dread-of-what-is-coming-why-should-we-the-unknown-puts/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

> [The love of God invades me, the peace of God pervades me, the will of God persuades me, and I am wholly His.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/the-love-of-god-invades-me-the-peace-of-god-pervades-me-the-will-of/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

> [Your capacity to say "No" determines your capacity to say "Yes" to greater things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/your-capacity-to-say-no-determines-your-capacity-to-say-yes-to/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

> [A road that perhaps more than any other leads to self atrophy is undedicated money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/a-road-that-perhaps-more-than-any-other-leads-to-self-atrophy-is/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

> [Recognize negativism and inferiority attitudes as enemies - do not try to dress them as your friends. you will be tempted to look upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/recognize-negativism-and-inferiority-attitudes-as-enemies-do-not-try/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

> [When Satan attacks you, command him in the Name of Jesus to bend his neck. On the back of it you'll find there's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/when-satan-attacks-you-command-him-in-the-name-of-jesus-to-bend-his/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

> [To implant fear in the minds of children is a crime. If parents try to rule the child by fear, then fear rules the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/to-implant-fear-in-the-minds-of-children-is-a-crime-if-parents-try-to/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

> [Everybody who belongs to Christ belongs to everybody who belongs to Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/everybody-who-belongs-to-christ-belongs-to-everybody-who-belongs-to/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

> [Whatever we focus on determines what we become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/whatever-we-focus-on-determines-what-we-become/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

> [In the pure, strong hours of the morning, when the soul of the day is at its best, lean upon the window sill of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/in-the-pure-strong-hours-of-the-morning-when-the-soul-of-the-day-is/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

> [Everything that happens to me can help me along in my Christian life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/everything-that-happens-to-me-can-help-me-along-in-my-christian-life/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

> [To live by worry is to live against reality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/to-live-by-worry-is-to-live-against-reality/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

> [If we know how to pray, we know how to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/if-we-know-how-to-pray-we-know-how-to-live/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

> [While love takes on itself impossible tasks, yet it finds that love lightens all loads. It is the same burden that wings are to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-stanley-jones/while-love-takes-on-itself-impossible-tasks-yet-it-finds-that-love/)

[E. Stanley Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-stanley-jones/)

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