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
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
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"
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
Man is closer to God according to his existence in grace than he is according to his existence in nature.
THOMAS AQUINAS
On Charity
Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.
ST. AUGUSTINE
De Libero Arbitrio
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?
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?
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
Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting to-day for costly grace.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
Discipleship
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 only exists to be fallen from.
GLEN DUNCAN
I, Lucifer
Nature makes no parade of her means--hence all studied grace is unnatural.
HENRY FUSELI
The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli
When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.
PATRICIA BRIGGS
When Demons Walk
One that is rich in grace continues in a perfect state free and pure.
MACARIUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Divine grace, even in the heart of weak and sinful man, is an invincible thing.
ROBERT LEIGHTON
The Expository Works with Other Remains
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
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTE
Moral and Religious Aphorisms
Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.
PHILIP YANCEY
Reaching for the Invisible God: What Can We Expect to Find?