“Grace-driven effort wants to get to the bottom of behavior, not just manage behavior. If you're simply managing behavior but not removing the roots of that behavior, then the weeds simply sprout up in another place.” IfsWantEffortGraceBehaviorRootsBottomDrivenManageWeedSprouts Author:Matt Chandler
“Any man shall speak the better when he knows what others have said, and sometimes the consciousness of his inward knowledge gives a confidence to his outward behavior, which of all other is the best thing to grace a man in his carriage.” KnowsMenGivingSaidSometimesSpeakConsciousnessGraceBehaviorBest ThingsInwardCarriages Author:Owen Feltham
“Remember that God is within us when we are in a state of grace and outside of us when we are in a state of sin; but His angel never abandons us. . . He is our most sincere and faithful friend even when we sadden him with our bad behavior.” StatesRememberSinGraceBehaviorAngelFaithfulAbandonSincereBad BehaviorFaithful Friends Author:Pio of Pietrelcina
“I respect the social graces enormously. How to pass the food. Don't yell from one room to another. Don't go through a closed door without a knock. Open the doors for the ladies. All these millions of simple household behaviors make for a better life. We can't live in constant rebellion against our parents - it's just silly. I'm very well mannered. It's not an abstract thing. It's a shared language of expectations.” WellsLanguageSocialParentSimpleRoomsMillionsGraceDoorsBehaviorExpectationsConstantSillyAbstractRebellionHouseholdBetter LifeClosed DoorsWell ManneredSocial Graces Author:Jack Nicholson
“Grace doesn't lead us into destructive behavior. Sin does. And grace is the only remedy for sin. The kindness of God leads to repentance.” DoeSinKindnessGraceBehaviorDestructiveRepentanceRemedyDestructive BehaviorKindness Of God Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“The story [in 12 Years a Slave] serves as a metaphor for the fear of having your family taken away, and for being abused in such a horrific way. I lost it a lot of times watching that film, particularly when seeing the grace of the man when he finally makes it back home aged, changed, forever brutalized, and yet he apologizes to his family for his long absence. That was such a profoundly moving moment capturing the triumph of dignity over the disgraceful behavior of those involved in the slave trade.” MenWayYearsLongMomentsStoriesHomeFilmMovingLostForeverTakenGraceSeeingChangedHe ManInvolvedBehaviorDignityTradeSlaveMetaphorAbsenceTriumphOur FamilyApologizingBack HomeHorrificDisgracefulSlave Trade Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.” LoveSportsGraceBehaviorAffectionInstructionNurseInfancyKeepersLove RespectAttire Author:Michel de Montaigne