GRACE QUOTES II

quotations about grace

Grace comes into the soul as the morning sun into the world; there is first a dawning, then a mean light, and at last the sun in his excellent brightness.

THOMAS ADAMS

The Works of Thomas Adams: Being the Sum of His Sermons, Meditations, and Other Divine and Moral Discourses


Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

ST. AUGUSTINE

De Libero Arbitrio

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Men do not avail themselves of the riches of God's grace. They love to nurse their cares, and seem as uneasy without some fret, as an old friar would be without his hair girdle. They are commanded to cast their cares upon the Lord; but, even when they attempt it, they do not fail to catch them up again, and think it meritorious to walk burdened. They take God's ticket to heaven, and then put their baggage on their shoulders, and tramp, tramp, the whole way there afoot.

HENRY WARD BEECHER

Life Thoughts

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What once was hurt
What once was friction
What left a mark
No longer stings
Because Grace makes beauty
Out of ugly things

U2

"Grace"

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Man is closer to God according to his existence in grace than he is according to his existence in nature.

THOMAS AQUINAS

On Charity

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Grace only exists to be fallen from.

GLEN DUNCAN

I, Lucifer

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Grace is Heaven and Heaven is grace; but grace must get into and redeem a life before the life can feel at home in Heaven!

FREDERICK FRANKLIN SHANNON

The Soul's Atlas and Other Sermons


The being of grace must go before the increase of it; for there is no growth without life, no building without a foundation.

SAMUEL LAVINGTON

Sermons and Other Discourses


Grace is something you can never get but can only be given. There's no way to earn it or deserve it or bring it about any more than you can deserve the taste of raspberries and cream or earn good looks or bring about your own birth.

FREDERICK BUECHNER

Beyond Words


Grace is the most perplexing, powerful force in the universe, and, I believe, the only hope for our twisted, violent planet.

PHILIP YANCEY

What's So Amazing About Grace?

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When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.

PATRICIA BRIGGS

When Demons Walk

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Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.

PHILIP YANCEY

Reaching for the Invisible God: What Can We Expect to Find?

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Grace infuseth a spirit of activity into a person; grace doth not lie dormant in the soul; it is not a sleepy habit, but it makes a Christian like a seraphim, swift and winged in his heavenly motion; grace is like a fire, it makes one burn in love to God; and, the more he loves him, the more he presseth forward to Heaven, where he may fully enjoy him.

THOMAS WATSON

A Body of Practical Divinity


Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting to-day for costly grace.

DIETRICH BONHOEFFER

Discipleship

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We don't earn grace. We're all sinners. We don't deserve it. But God gives it to us anyway.

BARACK OBAMA

Eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney at College of Charleston, South Carolina, June 26, 2015

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Through many dangers, toils and snares
We have already come.
T'was grace that brought us safe thus far
And grace will lead us home.

JOHN NEWTON

"Amazing Grace"

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According to the Christian tradition, grace is not earned. Grace is not merited. It's not something we deserve. Rather, grace is the free and benevolent favor of God as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.

BARACK OBAMA

Eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney at College of Charleston, South Carolina, June 26, 2015

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One who has been touched by grace will no longer look on those who stray as "those evil people" or "those poor people who need our help." Nor must we search for signs of "loveworthiness." Grace teaches us that God loves because of who God is, not because of who we are.

PHILIP YANCEY

What's So Amazing About Grace?

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One that is rich in grace continues in a perfect state free and pure.

MACARIUS

attributed, Day's Collacon


Nature makes no parade of her means--hence all studied grace is unnatural.

HENRY FUSELI

The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli