Top 433 Gracious Quotes & Sayings

All that is good is ours not by right but by the sheer bounty of a gracious God

Chicago is incredibly gracious. People here have so much pride.

Virtuous and fair, royal and gracious.

On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

This is perhaps the greatest moral challenge Jesus left us: We all do pretty well in love when the persons we are loving are warm and gracious, but can we be gracious and mellow in the face of bitterness, jealousy, hatred, withdrawal? That's the litmus test of love.

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.

I know how to be a gracious loser.

So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.

Jimmy Garner is a very gracious guy, as he was then and he is still today.

Apology is a lovely perfume; it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift.

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

I might be an assassin, but never let it be said I wasn't as gracious a hostess as the next gal.

Being well-mannered and gracious and kind are things that I value really highly.

And upon this act [Emancipation Proclamation]...I invoke...the gracious favor of Almighty God.

It's nice to have a friend who is also a gracious hostess and who reciprocates.

Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.

Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant

Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology.

Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you.

I think sometimes it is more important to be gracious than to win.

The '80s have not been a gracious decade, and people are seeking ways to be nice to each other.

It was ingrained in me to be gracious.

Grace alone makes the elect gracious; grace alone keeps them gracious; and the same grace alone will render them everlastingly glorious in the heaven of heavens.

Well, that's certainly... adequate," I told him, burying my face in his chest. I knew immediately I'd picked the wrong word. "Adequate?" He took my hand, placed it on the part in question. It immediately began to stir. He moved my hand on it, and I obligingly circled it with my fingers. "This is adequate?" "Maybe I should have said it's a gracious plenty?" "A gracious plenty. I like that," he said.

Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious - I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well.

I think sometimes it is more important to be gracious than to win

The Academy and the Oscars have been very gracious to me.

The people of Anguilla are friendly, beautiful, and gracious.

The confounding of all right and wrong, in wild fury, has averted from us the gracious favor of the gods.

God is gracious beyond the power of language to describe.

God is gracious to some very peculiar people.

Mexico is a safe, as well as a beautiful and warmly gracious, place to visit.

Be gracious to all men, but choose the best to be your friends.

You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.

The axle of the wheels of the chariot of Providence is Infinite Love, and Gracious Wisdom is the perpetual charioteer.

I wanted to [share] what a gracious kind of guy George Mitchell was.

You are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Be as just and gracious unto me, As I am confident and kind to thee.

Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public.

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.

Give to a gracious message An host of tongues, but let ill tidings tell Themselves when they be felt.

The people who tend to be the most gracious are those who know how badly they need grace

Gracious Lord, oh bomb the Germans. Spare their women for Thy Sake, And if that is not too easy, We will pardon Thy Mistake. But, gracious Lord, whate'er shall be, Don't let anyone bomb me.

Jesus is the best clue we have as to what God is like and He is consistently gracious and merciful, especially to those who are failures. He is harsh to uptight, judgmental people, but merciful and gracious to the failures. He seems to draw out the smallest kernel of faith in each person that He's with. So, I presume that that's the way God is going to judge humanity.

He causes huge bodies like sun to proclaim His Majesty through His Names the All-Gracious, Great, reciting: ' O Glorious One, O Great One, O Mighty One', while tiny animate creatures like flies and fish proclaim His Mercy, reciting: 'O Gracious One, O Compassionate One, O Generous One

It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues, Which moves the world.

Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.

We're gracious and we're humble, and we play the game a certain way, whether we win or lose.

Good morning to you, fair and gracious daughter.

If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.

God is gracious to always give a warning before He sends judgment.

I want to be as gracious and thankful as I can because it has been a long road.

Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.

A cigar numbs sorrow and fills the solitary hours with a million gracious images.

George H. W. Bush is gracious. And I'm not saying any of the former presidents aren't gracious, I'm just saying, this man is gracious.

Isn't it interesting that God appears holy when he's gracious?

A sweet lie is more gracious for us than a virulent but real truth.

When you have a lot of talent, you don't necessarily have to be gracious and consider everyone.

Peace on earth, good will to men From Heaven's all - gracious King