“L'homme n'est qu'un sujet plein d'erreur, naturelle et ineffa c° able sans la gra" ce. Man is nothing but a subject full of natural error that cannot be eradicated except through grace.” MenAbleNaturalGraceSubjectsErrors Author:Blaise Pascal
“When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.” GivingFirstsAbleSpiritualPowerfulGraceComfortCastsVisitation Author:Thomas a Kempis
“A friend of mine who writes history books said to me that he thought that the two creatures most to be pitied were the spider and the novelist - their lives hanging by a thread spun out of their own guts. But in some ways I think writers of fiction are the creatures most to be envied, because who else besides the spider is allowed to take that fragile thread and weave it into a pattern? What a gift of grace to be able to take the chaos from within and from it to create some semblance of order.” ThinkingWayWritingSaidTwoBookAbleOrderFictionGraceMinesCreaturesChaosPatternsNovelistsGutsFragileThreadSpidersEnviedSpunHistory BooksSemblance Author:Katherine Paterson
“God takes the most eminent and choicest of His servants for the choicest and most eminent afflictions. They who have received most grace from God are able to bear most afflictions from God. Affliction does not hit the saint by chance, but by direction. God does not draw His bow at a venture. Every one of His arrows goes upon a special errand and touches no breast but his against whom it is sent. It is not only the grace, but the glory of a believer when we can stand and take affliction quietly” DoeAbleChanceGraceSpecialBearsGloryDrawsSaintBelieverServantBreastsBowsVentureAfflictionArrowsErrands Author:Joseph Caryl
“This is the glory and miracle of grace, that God, through the Holy Spirit, is able to transform a stubborn, rebellious, and unbelieving will into a passionate, obedient, believing will without violating the integrity of the individual or diminishing the voluntary nature of one's decision to trust Christ for salvation.” BelieveAbleSpiritIndividualChristDecisionGraceIntegrityHolyGloryMiracleSalvationPassionateHoly SpiritStubbornRebelliousObedient Author:Sam Storms
“Whatever success I have achieved, whatever positions of leadership I have held have depended less on Ivy League degrees or SAT scores or GPAs and have instead been due to that sense of connection and empathy, the special obligation I felt as a black man like you to help those who need it most, people who didn't have the opportunities that I had because there, but for the grace of God go I. I might have been in their shoes. I might have been in prison. I might have been unemployed. I might not have been able to support a family. And that motivates me.” PeopleMenNeedsHas BeensHelpingMightAbleOpportunityFeltBlackSupportGraceSpecialPositionLike YouEqualDegreesEmpathyConnectionsPrisonShoesDuesObligationLeagueSatScoreMight Have BeenEqual RightsGrace Of GodUnemployedIvyIvy LeagueSat ScoresGpa Author:Barack Obama
“Children and old people and the parents in between should be able to live together, in order to learn how to die with grace, together. And I fear that this is purely utopian fantasy.” PeopleShouldChildrenAbleTogetherDeathOrderDiesParentFamilyFantasyGraceGenerationsDyingOld PeopleUtopian Author:M. F. K. Fisher
“I had always wondered what Reverend Lovoy meant when he talked about "grace." I understood it now. It was being able to give up something that it broke your heart to lose, and be happy about it.” GivingHeartAbleLosesGraceGiving UpUnderstoodBrokeReverends Book:Boy's Life Source: Boy's Life
“We've got to be able to distinguish between dangerous individuals who need to be incapacitated and incarcerated versus young people who are in an environment in which they are adapting, but if given different opportunities, a different vision of life, could be thriving the way we are. That's what strikes me. There but for the grace of God. And that, I think, is something that we all have to think about.” PeopleIfsThinkingLifeNeedsDifferentAbleYoungOpportunityIndividualGivenVisionGraceDangerousStrikesVersusGrace Of GodVision Of Life Author:Barack Obama
“There is nothing more important in my life than my relationship with God and my faith. I have been so driven to my knees to pray for His guidance, for His wisdom, for His grace and for His Strength. I'm never going to tell anybody else how to live, I'm never going to preach to anybody else and tell them you must do that. But I sure would like to see more Americans give it a try and seek the guidance that our Founding Fathers sought and were able to [then] craft documents that allowed America to become the greatest, strongest, healthiest, most prosperous nation on earth.” GivingTryingHas BeensImportantAbleEarthAmericaFatherNationsGracePrayingDrivenCraftsKneesGuidanceStrongestDocumentsFoundingProsperousOur Founding FathersRelationship With God Author:Sarah Palin
“I used to think that one day I'd be able to resolve the different drives I have in different directions, the tensions between the different people I am. Now I realize that is who I am. I do feel I'm getting closer to the song in my head. I wasn't looking for grace. But luckily grace was looking for me.” PeopleThinkingInspirationalFeelsDifferentAbleUsedSongRealizingGraceOne DayLuckWho I AmTensionResolveDifferent PeoplesDifferent Directions Author:Edward de Bono
“It's one of the saving graces in a life, to be able to perceive one's own and others' absurdity, to notice our shared human frailties and be able, at least some of the time, to smile rather than grimace. Like most people, I must have started out with a comic worldview in my cupboard.” PeopleHumansAbleGraceSavingComicPerceiveAbsurdityWorldviewFrailtyCupboardsSaving GraceHuman FrailtiesGrimace Author:Jane Hirshfield
“I think it is no small attraction in a painter to be able to give a pleasing air to his figures, and whoever is not naturally possessed of this grace may acquire it by study, as opportunity offers in the following manner: be on the watch to take good parts of many beautiful faces of which the beautiful parts are established by general repute rather than by your own judgement, for you may deceive yourself by selecting faces that resemble your own, since it often seems that such similarities please us; ... so therefore choose the beautiful ones as I tell you and fix them in your mind.” ThinkingGivingMindMaySeemsAbleBeautifulFacesOpportunityWatchesStudyGraceAirFiguresPleaseOffersFollowingAttractionPainterJudgementAcquirePossessedDeceivingSimilarityBeautiful Face Author:Leonardo da Vinci
“It could be a sign of pride in your life if a word of reproof or admonition is not able to be received with the same grace, whether it be given by the poorest of saints or the most educated person.” IfsPersonsAbleGivenGracePrideSaintEducatedPoorestAdmonitionEducated PersonReproof Author:John Bunyan
“Within each of us exists the image of God, however disfigured and corrupted by sin it may presently be. God is able to recover this image through grace as we are conformed to Christ. Just as the figure of David lay hidden within the marble, discernible only to the eye of its creator, so the image of God (however tarnished by sin) lies within us, see and known by God Himself. Yet God loves us while we are still sinners. He doesn't have to wait until we stop sinning. Acceptance of His love is a major step along the road that leads to our liberation from the tyranny of sin.” MayStillsEyeAbleLyingWaitingChristSinLove IsKnownStepsGraceFiguresAcceptanceMajorsLaysCreatorTyrannyLiberationGod LoveSinnerHis LoveMarbleGod ImageSinningGod Loves UsGod Is Able Author:Alister E. McGrath
“Unless you point to the good news of God's grace people will not be able to bear the bad news of God's judgement.” PeopleAbleGraceBearsNewsGoodJudgementGood NewsBad NewsGod's Grace Author:Timothy Keller
“I think I have quite traditional views on original sin, grace, and the real but difficult nature of we humans being able to learn something true about being human that we didn't know before. And yet the consequences of this traditional view are really quite radical.” ThinkingKnowsHumansRealAbleDifficultSinViewsGraceConsequenceOriginalsTraditionalRadicalBeing HumanOriginal Sin Author:James Alison
“By the grace of God alone, I was able to still focus, when it was time for me to do my job, and I think I've done it pretty good, and I know I can buckle down even more.” ThinkingKnowsStillsI CanDoneAbleJobsFocusGraceGrace Of GodBuckles Author:Ginuwine
“You can't go to church without praying ten or fifteen times for God to have mercy on you. You can't sing "Amazing Grace" without reminding yourself that the reason God's grace is amazing is it saves a wretch like you. This self-denigration stuff - Jesus died for my sins - is nothing but a guilt message. That's the thing we've got to get out from under. That's not Christianity. That's sort of fourth-century Christianity that got turned into doctrines and dogmas that we've never been able to escape.” SelfReasonAbleJesusStuffChurchSinChristianityGraceCenturyLike YouPrayingTenMessagesMercyDiedGuiltDoctrineFourthDogmaFifteenRemindingGod's GraceAmazing GraceReminding Yourself Author:John Shelby Spong
“Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.” InspirationalPlayAbleMovingRealizingBreakSunGraceReturnGratitudeBlessingOptimismBlessedAppreciationValuableMoving ForwardBreak OutCourage StrengthCount Your BlessingsMy BlessingLife AppreciationSpiritual Blessings Book:A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By Source: A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By
“Honey, you need to get laid. (Selena) Why don’t you speak a little louder, Lanie? I don’t think the guys in Canada were able to hear you. (Grace) Oh, I don’t know. They’re probably headed south even as we speak. (Waiter)” ThinkingKnowsNeedsLittlesAbleGuySpeakGraceSouthCanadaHoneyWaiterGetting Laid Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize that He is able to carry out His will for me. It does not matter where He places me, or how. That is for Him to consider, not me, for in the easiest positions He will give me grace, and in the most difficult ones His grace is sufficient.” GivingDoeMatterAbleDifficultRealizingGracePositionGive MeSufficientAnxious Author:Hudson Taylor