Silence gives the proper grace to women
—Sophocles (495–405 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our “accepting” and “willing” are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.
—A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) American Christian Pastor, Preacher, Author, Editor
Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy.
—Samuel Rutherford (1600–61) Scottish Presbyterian Theologian, Author
We’re all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of grace at any given moment.
—Bo Lozoff (1947–2012) American Interfaith Humanitarian
God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men’s weaknesses.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn’t have been complete without you.
—Frederick Buechner (b.1926) American Presbyterian Clergyman, Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist, Theologian
Without grace, beauty is an unbaited hook.
—French Proverb
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
As the grace of man is in the mind, so the beauty of the mind is eloquence.
—Common Proverb
You pray for the graces of faith and hope and love; but prayer alone will not bring them.—They must be wrought in you through labor and patience and suffering.—They are not kept put up in bottles for us, to be had for the mere asking; they must be the outgrowth of the life.—Prayer for them will be answered, but God will have us work out each one in the way of duty.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the Gods.
—Maxine Hong Kingston (b.1940) Chinese-American Novelist, Memoirist
I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
—Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American Poet
Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
—Marlene Dietrich (1901–92) German-born American Actor, Singer
Grace is given to heal the spiritually sick, not to decorate spiritual heroes
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
If I were to say, “God, why me?” about the bad things, then I should have said, “God, why me?” about the good things that happened in my life.
—Arthur Ashe (1943–93) American Tennis Player
Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist
Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist
Whatever is graceful is virtuous, and whatever is virtuous is graceful.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
—Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French Writer, Moralist
Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.
—Augustine of Hippo (354–430) Roman-African Christian Philosopher
The king-becoming graces are justice, verity, temperance, stableness, bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, devotion, patience, courage, fortitude.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
—John Updike (1932–2009) American Novelist, Poet, Short-Story Writer
As heat is opposed to cold, and light to darkness, so grace is opposed to sin.—Fire and water may as well agree in the same vessel, as grace and sin in the same heart.
—Thomas Brooks (1608–80) English Puritan Preacher, Author
Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
—Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist
Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.
—Victor Hugo (1802–85) French Novelist
Their sighing , canting , grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces.
—Robert Burns (1759–96) Scottish Poet, Songwriter
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
Virtue, wisdom, goodness, and real worth, like the loadstone, never lose their power. These are the true graces, which are linked hand in hand, because it is by their influence that human hearts are so firmly united to each other.
—Richard Burton (1925–84) Welsh Actor