Gracious Quotes
273 quotes by 231 authors
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Take up giving-away as a hobby while you are young, and you will have a happy life. What is more, because you do so many…
— David Dunn
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It is almost possible to say that there is a mathematical relationship between the beauty of his surroundings and the activity of the child; he…
— Maria Montessori
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Give to a gracious message An host of tongues, but let ill tidings tell Themselves when they be felt.
— William Shakespeare
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On the neck of the young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. Youth condemns; maturity condones.
— Amy Lowell
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What will be the judgment a century hence concerning the lorded works of our favorite composers today? Inasmuch as nearly everything is subject to the…
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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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. God moved toward…
— E. Stanley Jones
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If you wish your children to be Christians you must really take the trouble to be Christian yourselves. Those are the only terms upon which…
— Woodrow Wilson
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By His gracious condescension God became man and is called man for the sake of man and by exchanging His condition for ours revealed the…
— Maximus the Confessor
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Good is latent in every living thing and simply needs to be called into active expression through the gracious application of respect, sympathetic understanding, gentleness…
— J. Boone
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If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would not be comprehended…
— Archibald Alexander
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I have sort of the career where, if you are a fan, you've been following me for a while, and you really like something that…
— Linda Cardellini
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Mexico is a safe, as well as a beautiful and warmly gracious, place to visit.
— Margaret Chan
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I'm an ensemble guy, I guess - that comes from the theater. If I ever won some kind of award someday, I imagine I'd try…
— Garret Dillahunt
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I guess something people wouldn't expect me to listen to are artists like Alicia Keys. But she is so incredibly talented. She has this huge…
— Zola Jesus
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I honestly do not know if love vanquishes death as our traditional faiths teach but I do know that our vulnerabilities trump our ideologies and…
— Irwin Kula
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May I live this day... Compassionate of heart, / Gentle in word, / Gracious in awareness / Courageous in thought, / Generous in love /…
— John O'Donohue
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I don't think about it in terms of being a woman. Being gracious, attentive, curious, interested are requirements for everyone.
— Jenna Lyons
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Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me' and other such simple courtesies...Rudeness, the absence…
— Edward M Hays
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Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.
— William Shakespeare
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My life can be so arranged that I can live on whatever I have. If I cannot live as I have lived in the past,…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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