Gracious Quotes

273 quotes by 231 authors

Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence. — Johann Sebastian Bach
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. — Francis Bacon
When we shoot an arrow, we look to the fall of it; when we send a ship to sea, we look for its return; and… — Richard Sibbes
Nothing can tend so much to humble us before the mercy and justice of God as the consideration of His benefits and our own sins.… — Francis of Assisi
In opposition to the plenary ability taught by the Pelagians, the gracious ability of the Arminians, and the natural ability of the New School theologians,… — Augustus Hopkins Strong
If our perfect Lord is gracious enough to take our worst, and ugliest, our most boring, our least successful, and forgive them, burying them in… — Charles R. Swindoll
The truths of life are not discovered by us. At moments unforeseen, some gracious influence descends upon the soul, touching it to an emotion which,… — George Gissing
That gracious thing, made up of tears and light. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of… — Richard Henry Lee
A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious visitation. — Robert Louis Stevenson
The axle of the wheels of the chariot of Providence is Infinite Love, and Gracious Wisdom is the perpetual charioteer. — Charles Spurgeon
How sweet and gracious, even in common speech, Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy! Wholesome as air and genial as the light, Welcome… — James Thomas Fields
I really did not think a thing about playing five black players to start the game; they were our best players and deserved to start.… — Don Haskins
Much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule. — Edmund Spenser
Remember that the sudden decision to stop fighting, and just go with the flow, can be incredibly releasing. Resistance is just so draining. There is… — Nikki Gemmell
A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do. — Walter Scott
Bare skin is the one and only right criterion for receiving water's gracious acceptance or any acceptance whatsoever from that element. But Pliny also seems… — Janet Lembke
Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but… — Alexander McCall Smith
Grace binds you with far stronger cords than the cords of duty or obligation can bind you. Grace is free, but when once you take… — E. Stanley Jones
All of us must walk the same strait and narrow path, know the same kind of experiences as those we would seek to lead and… — Neal A. Maxwell

Who Wrote These Gracious Quotes

231 authors contributed a total of 273 Gracious Quotes, led by these top contributors: