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
The king-becoming graces are justice, verity, temperance, stableness, bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, devotion, patience, courage, fortitude.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist
Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
—Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist
Grace has been defined, the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist
I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
—Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American Poet
Silence gives the proper grace to women
—Sophocles (495–405 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
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 is given to heal the spiritually sick, not to decorate spiritual heroes
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
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
Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy.
—Samuel Rutherford (1600–61) Scottish 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
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
God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men’s weaknesses.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
Grace is to the body, what good manners are to the mind
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
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
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 (1926–2022) American Writer, Theologian
A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
Their sighing, canting, grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces.
—Robert Burns (1759–96) Scottish Poet, Songwriter
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
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 Pastor, Author, Editor
Without grace, beauty is an unbaited hook.
—French Proverb
That word “Grace,” in an ungracious mouth, is profane.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
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
Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist
As the grace of man is in the mind, so the beauty of the mind is eloquence.
—Common Proverb
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) American Songwriter, Composer
Grace isn’t a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It’s a way to live.
—Jacqueline Winspear (b.1955) British Mystery Novelist
Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
—Marlene Dietrich (1901–92) German-American Film Actress, Cabaret Performer
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