Gracious Quotes
273 quotes by 231 authors
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Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover…
— Patrick Henry
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All the ladies can feel sexy and have fun in my clothing and that makes me feel like I am offering something truly unique to…
— Jennifer Hudson
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I think sometimes it is more important to be gracious than to win
— Dorothy Kilgallen
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Chicago is incredibly gracious. People here have so much pride.
— Giuliana Rancic
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The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners -- and the crude vulgarity of their way of life.
— Edward Abbey
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So far as this has gone, I am satisfied to see a spirit prevailing that promises to send the system out free from those vexations…
— Richard Henry Lee
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When God will have any great matters done, he sets his people's hearts to work at prayer by a kind of gracious instinct. He stirs…
— Thomas Goodwin
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It is as hard a thing to maintain a sound understanding, a tender conscience, a lively, gracious, heavenly spirit, and an upright life in the…
— Richard Baxter
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In the godly, holy truths are conveyed by way of a taste; gracious men have a spiritual palate as well as a spiritual eye. Grace…
— Richard Sibbes
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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 Heart," in which…
— E. Stanley Jones
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Reverential human acts of submission and homage before the divine Sovereign, in response to his gracious revelation of himself, and in accordance with his will.
— Dan Block
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On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise.
— Hafez
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As far as friendships go, things change even without the fame. People start moving on. I have a few friends that are married and are…
— Jordin Sparks
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Fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.
— O J Simpson
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A cigar numbs sorrow and fills the solitary hours with a million gracious images.
— George Sand
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You have been told that God is a loving, gracious, merciful, kind, compassionate, wonderful, and good sky fairy who runs a day care in the…
— Mark Driscoll
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Sport, properly directed, develops character, makes a man courageous, a generous loser, and a gracious victor; it refines the senses, gives intellectual penetration, and steels…
— Pope Pius XII
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If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.
— Pete Rose
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To keep the heart then, is carefully to preserve it from sin which disorders it; and maintain that spiritual and gracious frame, which fits it…
— John Flavel
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Grace alone makes the elect gracious; grace alone keeps them gracious; and the same grace alone will render them everlastingly glorious in the heaven of…
— Augustus Toplady
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