Best Graciousness Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 3

Source: Notebooks, 1951-1959

“Like families, competitors can bring out the worst as well as the best in each other. Like romance, competition has many faces, some of them ugly. In addition to showing me my grace and graciousness, the mirror of sports has reflected back to me my jealousy, pettiness, and arrogance.”

Wells Faces Romance Sports Grace Worst Mirrors Competition Ugly Arrogance Competitors Graciousness Pettiness Like Family Many Faces

Author:Mariah Nelson

“God's graciousness is not totally removed from any individual during this lifetime. In hell, it is.”

Individual Hell Lifetime Graciousness

Author:R. C. Sproul

“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

“[Sandra Day O'Connor] is a justice whose graciousness and sense of duty fuels her continued service, even agreeing to serve more than six months after her retirement date.”

Justice Duty Months Six Fuel Retirement Six Months Graciousness Sandra Day O Connor

Author:Patrick Leahy

“In many cases, change is not a function of life's cruelty but instead a function of God's graciousness.”

Cases Function Cruelty Graciousness

Book:Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way

Source: Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way

“Kindness is always fashionable.”

Kindness Fashion Generosity Being Nice Philanthropy Thank You Fashionable Graciousness

Book:All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography

Source: All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography

“It may be that until now there has been no more potent means for beautifying man himself than piety: it can turn man into so much art, surface, play of colors, graciousness that his sight no longer makes one suffer.---”

Men May Mean Has Beens Art Play Suffering Turns Color Sight Surface Piety Graciousness

Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche

Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche

“If one had to define one essential gift with which a dancer needs to be endowed, there might be a rush of answers. A beautiful body, grace of line, graciousness of spirit, joy in the work, ability to please, unswerving integrity, relentless ambition towards some abstract perfection. Certainly all these factors determine a dancer's character, and every element exists in some combination within the performing artist's presence.”

“We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, as it was to the godly Israelites who wrote the psalms, and that the habit of celebrating the greatness and graciousness of God yields an endless flow of thankfulness, joy, and zeal.”

Needs Christian Joy Natural Greatness Habit Worship Flow Endless Celebrate Yield Godly Thankfulness Zeal Psalms Graciousness Christian Worship

Author:J. I. Packer

“To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.”

Accepting Self Esteem Humility Pride Bears Honor Dignity Criticism Mark Defeat Maturity Poise Graciousness

Book:Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward

Source: Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward

“Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.”

Funny Decision Sarcastic Yield Caution Deliberate Firmness Graciousness Decisiveness Carefulness

Book:L.P.

Source: L.P.

“My fake Japanese was smooth enough to earn me the title of 'The Emperor of Pleasing Graciousness' in that country.”

People Country Enough Titles Fake Smooth Emperor Fake People Graciousness

Book:Have Mercy!: Confessions of the Original Rock 'n' Roll Animal - Wolfman Jack

Source: Have Mercy!: Confessions of the Original Rock 'n' Roll Animal - Wolfman Jack

“By some special graciousness of fate I am deposited - as all good photographers like to be - in the right place at the right time. Go into it as young as possible. Bring all the asset you have and play to win.”

Play Young Winning Fate Special Photography Photographer Assets Right Time Right Place Graciousness Play To Win

Author:Margaret Bourke-White

“I too once belived in the heavier gauge string as a superior tone source. However, thanks to the graciousness of B.B. King I learned that a lighter-gauge string offers superior playing comfort ... try it, you may like it.”

Trying May Music Source Kings Comfort Offers Superiors Thanks Tone Strings Lighters Gauges Graciousness

Author:Billy Gibbons

“Our girls have need of such an example of graciousness, elegance, refinement, and spirituality.”

Needs Spirituality Girl Example Elegance Refinement Graciousness

Author:Maria Young Dougall

“Cynicism is intelectual dandyism, but graciousness in speech is an aphrodisiac. (Andy Spade)”

Speech Cynicism Graciousness Spades Aphrodisiac Dandyism

Author:Kate Spade

“Sportsmanship is the ethical and moral dimension of sports. It is demonstrated by a number of attributes and attitudes such as fair play, respect for the rules and traditions of the sport and various traits of good character including integrity (abiding by the letter and spirit of the rules and concepts of honor); demonstrated respect for others including teammates, opponents, officials and spectators; accountability, self-control, and graciousness in victory and defeat.”

“Your graciousness is what carries you. It isn't how old you are, how young you are, how beautiful you are, or how short your skirt is. What it is, is what comes out of your heart. If you are gracious, you have won the game.”

Ifs Heart Beautiful Young Games Carrie Gracious Skirts Old You Graciousness Beautiful You

Author:Stevie Nicks

“Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your capacity to love, your spirituality, delicacy, radiance, sensitivity, creativity, charm, graciousness, gentleness, dignity, and quiet strength.”

“Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and the overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as is practiced by people of all colours and races here in this ancient Holy Land, the home of Abraham, Muhammad, and all the other prophets of the Holy Scriptures. For the past week, I have been utterly speechless and spellbound by the graciousness I see displayed all around me by people of all colours.”

Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“Graciousness is the fruit of someone who knows how badly they themselves need grace.”

Knows Needs Know How Grace Fruit Graciousness

Author:Tullian Tchividjian