Gracious Quotes

273 quotes by 231 authors

It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and listen to the speech of God. His closet and his church were full… — Phillips Brooks
How gracious those dews of solace that over my senses fall At the clink of the ice in the pitcher the boy brings up the… — Eugene Field
The confounding of all right and wrong, in wild fury, has averted from us the gracious favor of the gods. — Catullus
Michelle Kwan means more to the United States Olympic Committee than maybe any athlete that's every performed. She's a leader, she's been gracious, she's somebody… — Peter Ueberroth
Humor and laughter are not necessarily the same thing. Humor permits us to see into life from a fresh and gracious perspective. We learn to… — Joan D. Chittister
Once again, the hopeless cowardly Americans were back to repeat their cowardly act hiding behind a technological advance that God, most gracious, wanted it to… — Saddam Hussein
We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate. — Saint Francis de Sales
People can pass thirty nights in dancing and no one complains about it, but if they watch through a single Christmas night they cough and… — Saint Francis de Sales
May we all be in such a condition of soul, such an attitude of heart as will fit us for any little work in which… — Charles Henry Mackintosh
Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught,Let Thy glances fall.Thy cross of agony,My… — Bernard of Clairvaux
Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish! — E. M. Forster
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no… — Arthur Helps
Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book… — Helen Keller
There are no limits to where our brains can take us. We are, if there be a God, God's gracious creation. — John Lydon
People who don't know the true character of God - who don't believe He is merciful, gracious and slow to anger - can never have… — Joyce Meyer
You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser. — Joe Namath
The last time I saw Ted Kennedy was a generation after my first meeting, at the Senate subway below the Capitol on Obama's Inauguration Day.… — Christine Pelosi
Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of… — Donald Rumsfeld
In thinking about religion and society in the 21st century, we should broaden the conversation about faith from doctrinal debates to the larger question of… — Jonathan Sacks
The gracious, eternal God permits the spirit to green and bloom and to bring forth the most marvelous fruit, surpassing anything a tongue can express… — Johannes Tauler

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