Graces Quotes

145 quotes by 121 authors

The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
One woman is fair, yet I am well; another is wise, yet I am well; another virtuous, yet I am well; but till all graces… — William Shakespeare
We worship not the Graces, nor the Parcae, but Fashion. She spins and weaves and cuts with full authority. The head monkey at Paris puts… — Henry David Thoreau
To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later. — Brander Matthews
True belief and true repentance are twins: it would be idle to attempt to say which is born first. All the spokes of a wheel… — Charles Spurgeon
We must put up with our clothes as they are - they have their reason for existing. They are on us to expose us -… — Mark Twain
Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces. — J C Ryle
Meekness is one of the brightest graces which can adorn the Christian character. — J C Ryle
The slave of the belly ponders the menu with which to celebrate the feast. The servant of God, however, thinks of the graces that may… — John Climacus
I don't know what's more embarrassing in this country, that Michael Phelps fell from the graces for smoking marijuana or that you looked up to… — Daniel Tosh
There is no such way to get much grace, as to be thankful for a little grace. He who opens his mouth wide in praise,… — Thomas Brooks
O, then, what graces in my love do dwell, that he hath turn'd a heaven unto hell — William Shakespeare
Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a… — Alan K. Simpson
The great task of life is transmission: the task of transmitting the essential tools and graces of life from our parents to our children — George Will
Patience and perseverance are never more thoroughly Christian graces than when features of prayer. — Samuel I. Prime
Holy joy lies in the habit of murmuring thanks to God for the smallest of graces. — Ann Voskamp
Grace is always sufficient, provided we are ready to cooperate with it. If we fail to do our share, but rather choose to rely on… — Aldous Huxley
The poet is born with the capacity of arranging words in such a way that something of the quality of the graces and inspirations he… — Aldous Huxley
Those graces which from their presumed facility encourage all to attempt an imitation of them, are usually the most inimitable. — Charles Caleb Colton
If there are amazing graces on this earth, I believe that they are these good children sent to us by God and not yet soiled… — Jonathan Kozol

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