Grace Quotes - Page 14

• I am certain that I never did grow in grace one-half so much anywhere as I have upon the bed of pain.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Pain, Bed, Half

  Charles H. Spurgeon “Spurgeon's Sermons on Great Prayers of the Bible”, Kregel Academic

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• If grace acts in us, grace, and not we who do the work, will be crowned.

  John Calvin

  Ifs

  "God the Redeemer: Institutes of The Christian Religion".

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• For a second, he was still, blinking. Then he shook off all the blankets and coats so that his arms were free and he wrapped them around me as tightly as he could. I felt him shuddering, shuddering against me as he buried his face in my hair. I said, uselessly, "Sam, don't go." Sam cupped my face in his hands and looked me in the eyes. His eyes were yellow, sad, wolf, mine. "These stay the same. Remember that when you look at me. Remember it's me. Please."" — Grace and Sam (Shiver)

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Eye, Hair, Hands

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.250, Scholastic Inc.

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• "Come on Grace, I'm not going to tell on you. I'm your sister." And that's all she has to say.

  Robin Epstein

  Sister

  Robin Epstein (2010). “God Is in the Pancakes”, p.89, Penguin

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• We are formed by environment and grace, by politics and prayer, by church and conscience. All God's creatures conspire to teach us as well. We stumble. We stutter. We rise. We are lifted.

  Anthony of Padua

  Prayer, Character, Church

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• Every genuine confession humbles the soul. When it takes the form of thanksgiving, it teaches the soul that it has been delivered by the grace of God.

  Maximus the Confessor

  Christian, Soul, Confession

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• While sin is overflowing, [grace] pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs it.

  John Calvin

  Overcoming, Sin, Flood

  John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on Romans”, p.125, Ravenio Books

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• It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do.

  Elizabeth George

  Forgiveness, Healing, Maturity

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• May you find grace as you surrender to life. May you find happiness, as you stop seeking it. May you come to trust these laws and inherit the wisdom of the Earth. May you reconnect with the heart of nature and feel the blessings of Spirit.

  Dan Millman

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Dan Millman (2010). “Living on Purpose: Straight Answers to Universal Questions”, p.203, New World Library

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• Courage is tricky, oily. Easy to drop, easy to misplace." "I thought that if you had courage you always had it.". . . "Lilah, nothing is always there. Not courage, not joy, not hate or hope or anything else. We find courage, lose it, sometimes misplace it for years, and sometimes live in its grace for a while.

  Jonathan Maberry

  Hate, Years, Joy

  Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.680, Simon and Schuster

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• When I was young, I expected from people more than they could give: neverending friendship and constant excitement. Now I expect less than they can actually can give: to stay close silently. And their feelings, friendship, noble deeds always seem like a miracle to me: a true grace.

  Albert Camus

  People, Giving, Miracle

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• Even in the stifling bosom of the town,
  A garden, in which nothing thrives, has charms
  That soothes the rich possessor; much consol'd,
  That here and there some sprigs of mournful mint,
  Or nightshade, or valerian, grace the well
  He cultivates.

  William Cowper

  Home, Garden, Here And There

  William Cowper (1810). “The Task: A Poem. In Six Books”, p.125

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• To the humble, the Lord has given this promise: "If men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me."

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Strong, Humility, Humble

  "Come unto Christ".

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• He specialized in the murder of dreams, Hazel Grace.

  John Green

  Dream, Murder, Hazel Grace

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.125, Penguin

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• Life will be wonderful when men no longer fear dying. When the last superstitions are thrown out and we meet death with the same equanimity as life. No longer will children's minds be twisted by evil gods whose fantastic origin is in those barbaric tribes who feared death and lightning, who feared life. That's it: life is the villain to to those who preach reward in death, through grace and eternal bliss, or through dark revenge.

  Gore Vidal

  Children, Revenge, Dark

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• Just as the power of the sun is the only force in the natural universe that causes a plant to grow against gravity, so the grace of God is the only force in the spiritual universe that causes a person to grow against the gravity of their own ego.

  Simone Weil

  Spiritual, Humility, Acceptance

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• Do you know whether or not you are in God's grace? Joan: If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.

  Joan of Arc

  May, Knows, Do You Know

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• To her, saving grace meant you got to live out your life like a normal person: You were healthy and strong, an the prospect of death was just some far-off, barely acknowledged hypothetical. A debt to be paid off in a future you couldn't imagine

  J.R. Ward

  Strong, Healthy, Debt

  J.R. Ward (2011). “J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 1-4”, p.786, Penguin

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• O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Needs, Thirsty, Goodness

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• Was it love of people?' I asked her. 'Of course no,' she snapped sharply. 'How can you love ignorant, brutish people whom you don't even know? Can anyone love filth and squalor? Or lice and rats? Who can love aching weariness, and carry on working, in spite of it? One cannot love these things. One can only love God, and through His grace come to love His people.

  Jennifer Worth

  People, Ignorant, Lice

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• Lord Bacchus, do you remember me? I helped you with that missing leopard in Sonoma." Bacchus scratched his stubbly chin. "Ah... yes. John Green." "Jason Grace." "Whatever," the god said.

  Rick Riordan

  Missing, Jason, Leopards

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