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“When Charity is deeply rooted in the soul it shows itself exteriorly: there is so gracious a way of refusing what we cannot give, that the refusal pleases as much as the gift.”

Way Giving Soul Shows Please Charity Rooted Refusal Gracious

Book:Thoughts of Saint Thérèse

Source: Thoughts of Saint Thérèse

“He willeth to be perceived; and His appearing shall be swiftly sudden; and He willeth to be trusted. For He is full gracious and homely: Blessed may He be!”

May Blessed Trusted Gracious Appearing Homely

Book:The Showings of Divine Love

Source: The Showings of Divine Love

“I grew up in church and I don't think I necessarily understood what it meant to be called into the culture and the community in the city that you're in or the town that you're in and live effectively and be informed and be gracious with people.”

People Thinking Culture Community Church Cities Grew Grew Up Understood Towns Meant To Be Gracious

Author:Shane Harper

“I wish that those who believe in the doctrines of grace would be more gracious. That's all I'd say... I'm an evangelical. I believe the doctrines of grace.”

Believe Would Be I Believe Wish Grace Doctrine Gracious Evangelical

Author:Rick Warren

“Jenny Simpson loses her shoe in the women's fifteen hundred, with a lap and a half to go, destroying her chances to repeat as world champion, and she gives the most gracious interview afterward about how she's had a wonderful career already. Great for Jenny Simpson. Bad for the sport! We need drama!”

World Needs Giving Sports Loses Chance Half Careers Wonderful Drama Hundred Shoes Champion Repeats Interviews Destroying Fifteen Lap Gracious World Champions Jenny

Author:Malcolm Gladwell

“A temptation is the universe's gracious way of allowing a soul to evolve without creating negative karma. In other words, a temptation is like a magnet that draws to awareness, negativity, that would otherwise create negative karma if it remained unconscious. A temptation is a dress rehearsal for a negative karmic act.”

Ifs Way Soul Universe Awareness Creating Draws Negative Dresses Karma Temptation Evolve Unconscious Allowing Negativity Rehearsal Gracious Magnet Negative Karma

Author:Gary Zukav

“Oh for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise, the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of his grace! My gracious Master and my God, assist me to proclaim, to spread through all the earth abroad the honors of thy name. Jesus! the name that charms our fears, that bids our sorrows cease; 'tis music in the sinner's ears, 'tis life, and health, and peace.”

Earth Jesus Names Peace Grace Masters Kings Honor Sorrow Thousand Glory Ears Praise Spread Tongue Cease Triumph Charm Sinner Gracious Redeemer

Book:Fifty Hymns by Charles Wesley

Source: Fifty Hymns by Charles Wesley

“There's a lot about being "A Writer" that has nothing to do with writing. That's one thing I've discovered. You've got to meet with the sales force, and you've got to have all these luncheons, and be gracious, and you've got to give a lot of presentations and you've got to give a lot of speeches, and you've got to be on tour.”

Giving Writing Force One Thing Speech Presentation Gracious Sales Force

Author:Augusten Burroughs

“"Hail to the Chief" was played, and the President got up and made a gracious opening remark. "I've been in this office for six years, and yet every time I hear that music, I turn around wondering who they're playing it for."”

Years Made Funny Turns President Wonder Office Six Opening Chiefs Remarks Gracious Hail Reaganomics

Author:Kirk Douglas

“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 true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.”

Spirit Beauty Grace Humility Purity Temper Fierce Modesty Severe Calmness Gracious Signatures Cosmetics Countenance Temperance True Beauty Humility And Modesty

Author:Arthur Helps

“"God save our gracious Queen": Why would we invoke a non-specific deity to bail out these unelected spongers?”

Humor Funny Queens Deities Gracious Invoke Bail

Author:Bill Bailey

“God abides in each commandment by His gracious power. "God is hidden in His commandments", says St. Mark the Ascetic. God helps everyone who strives to keep His commandments. That God abides in us we know by the Spirit, which He has given us. This means that a Christian is never alone, but that he lives and works together with the Thrice-Holy God.”

Knows Inspirational Mean Helping Christian Together Spirit Given Religious Holy Mark Strive Working Together Orthodox Commandments Strife Gracious God Help Thrice Holy God

Author:Justin Popovic

“Wine has been with us since the beginning of civilization. It is the temperate, civilized, sacred, romantic mealtime beverage recommended in the Bible. Wine has been praised for centuries by statesmen, philosophers, poets, and scholars. Wine in moderation is an integral part of our culture, heritage and gracious way of life.”

Way Has Beens Culture Century Poet Civilization Sacred Wine Philosopher Civilized Heritage Scholar Moderation Gracious Statesmen Beverages

Author:Robert Mondavi

“I myself, for instance, am not especially gifted, and am shy by nature, but my gracious and merciful God and Father inclined Himself to me, and when I was weak in faith He strengthened me while I was still young. He taught me in my helplessness to rest on Him, and to pray even about little things in which another might have felt able to help himself.”

Littles Stills Helping Might Able Young Father Felt Taught Praying Weak Instance Shy Little Things Gifted Gracious Merciful Helplessness Merciful God

Author:Hudson Taylor

“We serve a gracious Master who knows how to overrule even our mistakes to his glory and our own advantage.”

Knows Mistake Know How Masters Glory Advantage Gracious

Book:The works of the Rev. John Newton ...: containing, an authentic narrative, etc., letters on religious subjects, cardiphonia, discourses intended for the pulpit, sermons preached in the parish church of Olney, a review of ecclesiastical history, Olney hymns, poems, Messiah, occasional sermons, and tracts, to which are prefixed, Memoirs of his life, &c. by the Rev. John Cecil

Source: The works of the Rev. John Newton ...: containing, an authentic narrative, etc., letters on religious subjects, cardiphonia, discourses intended for the pulpit, sermons preached in the parish church of Olney, a review of ecclesiastical history, Olney hymns, poems, Messiah, occasional sermons, and tracts, to which are prefixed, Memoirs of his life, &c. by the Rev. John Cecil

“Since holiness is the main thing that excites, draws, and governs all gracious affections, it is no wonder that all such affections tend to holiness. That which men love, they desire to have and to be united to, and possessed of. That beauty which men delight in, they desire to be adorned with. Those acts which men delight in, they necessarily incline to do.”

Men Desire United Wonder Draws Affection Delight Holiness Possessed Gracious Incline

Book:The works ...

Source: The works ...

“All the graces of Christianity always go together. They so go together that where there is one, there are all, and where one is wanting, all are wanting. Where there is faith, there are love, and hope, and humility; and where there is love, there is also trust; and where there is a holy trust in God, there is love to God; and where there is a gracious hope, there also is a holy fear of God.”

Together Christianity Grace Humility Holy Trust In God Gracious Hope And Love

Book:Christian Love and It's Fruit

Source: Christian Love and It's Fruit

“These evils I deserve, and more . . . . Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon, Whose ear is ever open, and his eye Gracious to re-admit the suppliant.”

Eye Evil Despair Forgiveness Deserve Ears Finals His Eyes Pardon Gracious

Book:The poetical works of John Milton: With a memoir, and critical remarks on his genius and writings

Source: The poetical works of John Milton: With a memoir, and critical remarks on his genius and writings

“Our lives are also fed by kind words and gracious behaviour. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me', and other such simple courtesies. Our spirits are richly fed on compliments just as our bodies are on whole wheat bread.”

Kind Whole Body Spirit Simple Our Lives Expression Excuse Bread Feds Compliment Behaviour Courtesy Gracious Wheat Excuse Me Kind Words

Author:Edward M Hays

“I made the transition to directing documentaries with the great help of my Co-Director on The World According to Sesame Street, Linda Hawkins Costigan. She was a gracious teacher, and a wonderful collaborator.”

World Made Helping Teacher Wonderful Streets Directors Transition Documentaries Gracious Collaborators Sesame Street

Author:Linda Goldstein Knowlton

“In this place of gracious uncertainty, we wait. For the broken places to be brought back together. For the meaning of our suffering to be revealed in his. For the righteous reign of a mighty God, whose goodness we will spend all eternity celebrating. We wait - with open, expectant hearts.”

Heart Together Suffering Waiting Broken Goodness Eternity Celebrate Uncertainty Righteous Reign Gracious Back Together Mighty God

Author:Paula Rinehart

“Commercialism is the blemish on the fair face of American life. Fighting against the terrible conditions of the explorer and pioneer, our forefathers had little time to think of beauty. Hearts and heads became as hardened to the more gracious things of life as did their bodies against physical hardship. Little by little, as nature yielded before the dynamite of their wills, life began to express itself in the same hard terms, and the great commerce of a New World bent everything to its indomitable will.”

“How much is enough? How much does anyone require? Can I be both kind and tough? Can I put faith before desire? Right now, for all time, I vow to try . . . I volunteer to be simple, I volunteer to love, Every living thing like a mountain stream that flows out o'er the land. I volunteer for the journey from here to heaven's gate. I will do my part I place my heart in Your gracious hands . . . How then shall we live? Let us live lightly as a feather. How much shall we give? Let us give everything, together One heart, one mind, all humankind... I volunteer.”

“All I can do is be faithful with my gift, be faithful with anyone I talk to and let love be my guide and just be gracious with people. God will take care of the rest. I really believe that.”

People Believe I Can Care Can Do Love Is Take Care Guides Gods Will Faithful Gracious Being Faithful

Author:Marc Martel

“The business conduct of the disciples of wise men is truthful and faithful.... He does not allow himself to be made a surety or a guarantor and does not accept the power of attorney.... He lends money and is gracious. He shall not take away business from his fellow man.”

Men Doe Made Accepting Wise Fellows Faithful Truthful Disciple Fellow Man Gracious Attorney

Author:Maimonides

“I know that my work in this case is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels. We know their names. They number a thousand for each one of the red ribbons that we wear here tonight. They finally rest in the warm embrace of the gracious creator of us all. A healing embrace that cools their fevers, that clears their skin, and allows their eyes to see the simple, self-evident, common sense truth that is made manifest by the benevolent creator of us all...”

Knows Made Self Facts Eye Names Heaven Simple Numbers Healing Cases Streets Thousand Angel Red Skins Embrace Creator Warm Tonight Manifest Evident Crowded Fever Gracious Benevolent Ribbons Red Ribbon

Author:Tom Hanks

“The fruit of the Spirit is the natural produce of his gracious inward influence, the spontaneous and inevitable result of his uniting us to Jesus Christ.”

Spirit Jesus Christ Natural Results Influence Produce Jesus Christ Fruit Inevitable Inward Spontaneous Gracious Uniting Fruits Of The Spirit

Author:Philip Graham Ryken

“When the Holy Spirit sanctifies believers, he does a complete work in them. He puts into their minds, wills and hearts a gracious, supernatural principle which fills them with a holy desire to live to God. The whole life and being of holiness lies in this. This is the new creation.”

Mind Heart Doe Whole Spirit Lying Desire Principles Creation Holy Believer Whole Life Holy Spirit Holiness Gracious Sanctify Desire To Live

Author:John Owen

“Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology.”

Firsts Accepting Plant Why Not Apology Gardener Gracious

Author:Janet Macunovich

“Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people will make of the blessings which a gracious God hath bestowed on us. If they are wise, they will be great and happy. If they are of a contrary character, they will be miserable. Righteousness alone can exalt them as a nation. Reader! Whoever thou art, remember this: and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, an encourage it in others.”

People Ifs Art Character Use Remember Nations Practice Virtue Wise Depends Reader Blessing Prove Contrary Miserable Curse Righteousness Spheres Thyself Gracious

Author:Patrick Henry

“Our gracious God, we need the ministry of the Spirit of God within our lives so that Your Word may take root within us.”

Needs May Spirit Our Lives Roots Ministry Gracious Spirit Of God

Author:Alistair Begg

“Rejoicing is the essence of genuine worship. A sad face (apart from remorse for sin or regret concerning the pain of others) is an affront to a gracious and generous God.”

Pain Faces Sin Regret Worship Essence Genuine Generous Rejoice Remorse Gracious Affront Sad Face

Author:Max Anders

“If the depths of everyone's sin was made public, we would all be much more gracious to each other.”

Ifs Made Sin Depth Gracious

Author:Tullian Tchividjian

“We must become masters of our own actions and attitudes. To let another person determine whether we will be rude or gracious, elated or depressed is to give control of ourselves. The only true possession is self possession.”

Giving Persons Self Action Attitude Masters Determine Possession Rude Gracious

Author:Sydney J. Harris

“My whole childhood, that made my skin curl. I was looking for something authentic. I think that drove me into the arts, I really do. That really did it. The only other thing that made me survive, as a human being, was getting into the arts. I was surrounded by people that were very bright and they invited you in. They were gracious. So, it gave me a great education.”

People Thinking Humans Art Made Whole Human Beings Childhood Skins Invited Gracious Curls Great Education

Author:Lance Henriksen

“Sri Ramakrishna is far greater than the disciples understand him to be. He is the embodiment of infinite spiritual ideas capable of development in infinite ways....One glance of his gracious eyes can create a hundred thousand Vivekanandas at this instant. If he chooses now, instead, to work through me, making me his instrument, I can only bow to his will.”

Ifs Way I Can Ideas Eye Spiritual Greater Development Thousand Capable Hundred Infinite Instruments Instant Bows Disciple Glances Gracious Embodiment Vivekananda

Author:Swami Vivekananda

“Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.”

Hands Gracious Devotional

Author:Johann Sebastian Bach

“A prayerful life is the key to possessing gratitude. We often take for granted the people who most deserve our gratitude. Let us not wait until it is too late for us to express our gratitude. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. If I gratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues. To express gratitude is gracious and honorable, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to touch heaven.”

“And upon this act [Emancipation Proclamation]...I invoke...the gracious favor of Almighty God.”

Favors Almighty Gracious Emancipation Almighty God Invoke Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation

Author:Abraham Lincoln

“I was roommates with 2 of the guys who were influential in forming the Black Arts philosophy. I called them "goons," and [Amiri] Baraka took offense at that. But if you read his autobiography, the night we went up there for a fundraiser, he talks about how he wished that some violence would happen to us. How do you like Baraka as a gracious host?”

Ifs Art Philosophy Happens Night Guy Black Violence Host Offense Autobiography Influential Gracious Roommate Fundraiser Goons Black Art

Author:Ishmael Reed

“I feel very fortunate for audiences to have been so gracious as to allow me to do pretty much any role that I felt I could do. They let me play a president. They let me play a lawyer. They let me play a hit man. They let me play a father. They let me play Howard Saint.”

Men Feels Has Beens Play Father Felt President Roles Audience Let Me Saint Lawyer Fortunate Gracious

Author:John Travolta

“When I get some budding young comic who'll come up to me and say, 'What was it like to do it in those days?' I try to be as gracious to him as Stan Laurel was to me.”

Trying Young Come Up Comic Gracious Laurels

Author:Dick Van Dyke

“It always interested me that 'Goodness Gracious Me' and 'The Kumars,' when shown around the world, were referred to as British comedy. It was only here that they were referred to as Asian comedy, even though I always felt it was very British in its humour and structure.”

World Felt Comedy Humour Goodness Structure British Around The World Asian Gracious British Comedy

Author:Sanjeev Bhaskar

“Grace makes you gracious. The Giver makes you give.”

Giving Grace Giver Gracious

Book:The way: 364 adventures in daily living

Source: The way: 364 adventures in daily living

“Miss Manners does not mind explaining the finer points of gracious living, but she feels that anyone without the sense to pick up a potato chip and stuff it in their face should probably not be running around loose on the streets.”

Feels Should Mind Doe Running Faces Stuff Streets Missing Picks Manners Chips Potatoes Explaining Gracious Potato Chips Miss Manners

Author:Judith Martin

“I only look to the gracious protection of the Divine Being whose strengthening support I humbly solicit, and whom I fervently pray to look down upon us all. May it be among the dispensations of His Providence to bless our beloved country with honors and with length of days; may her ways beways of pleasantness, and all her paths be peace.”

Way Looks May Country Support Path Divine Praying Honor Protection Beloved Length Bless Providence Gracious Strengthening Beloved Country

Book:Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862: chronology-documents-bibliographical aids

Source: Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862: chronology-documents-bibliographical aids

“David Bowie is the quintessential English gentleman and, of course, a musical and generational institution. I only played support for him for one night (not a whole tour) but he was incredibly gracious and generous toward me and I've certainly never forgotten it.”

Whole Night Courses Support Institutions Musical Forgotten Generous Gentleman One Night Gracious Bowie Quintessential English Gentleman

Author:Brooke Fraser

“If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.”

Ifs Men World Shows Kindness Grace Citizens Stranger Manners Courtesy Gracious Acts Of Kindness Courteous Graciousness Random Acts Of Kindness Generosity And Kindness Random Kindness

Author:Francis Bacon

“Somehow I was invited to visit with Audrey Hepburn. I had this afternoon with her, and she gave me a couple things. She was so gracious and everything you would think that she would be.”

Thinking Would Be Couple Afternoon Invited Gracious Hepburn Audrey Couple Things

Author:Winona Ryder

“I just think people have been very gracious and welcoming me on set, and even off set.”

People Thinking Has Beens Welcome Gracious

Author:Chadwick Boseman