Graciousness Quotes
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Graciousness Quotes & Sayings
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He loved his family, his friends, his writing, his painting; he knew their flaws, but they neither surprised nor embittered him.
— Philip Zaleski
Thank you to Giulia Fani, Joan Spence and my sister for the rooms and desks they loaned me.
— Moez Surani
My fake Japanese was smooth enough to earn me the title of 'The Emperor of Pleasing Graciousness' in that country.
— Wolfman Jack
He was a generous but subtly demanding boss.
— H.W. Brands
Dinner is a cacophonous exercise of holy sanctification.
— Jen Pollock Michel
A thousand little civilities create tenderness in time.
— E. M. Forster
Cynicism is intelectual dandyism, but graciousness in speech is an aphrodisiac. (Andy Spade)
— Kate Spade
Truthfulness takes you a mile. Graciousness takes you around the world.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Our girls have need of such an example of graciousness, elegance, refinement, and spirituality.
— Maria Young Dougall
I've learned that in many cases, change is not a function of life's cruelty but instead a function of God's graciousness.
— Shauna Niequist
He did something he rarely did. He decided not to see things from the other guy's point of view.
— H.W. Brands
Graciousness in serving and being served marks the lives of leaders who have made the largest impact on my life.
— Sue Mallory
I'm annoyed by those who love mankind but are discourteous to people.
— John Howard Griffin
The joyful heart sees and reads the world with a sense of freedom and graciousness.
— John O'Donohue
Men raised in a culture of blood revenge do not change in a day.
— Geraldine Brooks
Graciousness is the fruit of someone who knows how badly they themselves need grace.
— Tullian Tchividjian
Humility is the earmark of God's genuine servant.
— Beth Moore
God's graciousness is not totally removed from any individual during this lifetime. In hell, it is.
— R.C. Sproul
Christ's vast benevolence must, from the very nature of things, have afforded Him the deepest possible delight, for benevolence is joy.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Graciousness is the luxury of the wise,
— Patrick Rothfuss
She was never satisfied with anything less than perfection, but she was no grind. She was too interested in people.
— Doris Kearns Goodwin
He was a product of a culture where it was generally counterproductive to hold grudges.
— H.W. Brands
She grew more and more vexed with his dignified behavior. By a cruel irony, she was drawing out what was best in his disposition.
— E. M. Forster
No low-trust society will ever produce sustained innovation.
— Thomas L. Friedman
If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues.
— John Taliaferro
A love for his child was so profound, it spilled over to all humanity.
— John Howard Griffin
The nonchalance irritated her more because it was not assumed.
— Margaret Landon
In America religion is the road to knowledge, and the observance of the divine laws leads man to civil freedom.
— Alexis De Tocqueville
My wife has been my greatest earthly inspiration. She excels in eloquence, the poetry of words, empathy and graciousness.
— George W. Romney
We have less reason to be surprised or offended when we find others differ from us in opinions because we very often differ from ourselves.
— Samuel Johnson
He showed me the lowest. I had to surmise the highest.
— John Howard Griffin
To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.
— William Arthur Ward
If you think the most courageous and difficult thing you can do is stubbornly stand your ground, try graciously giving in.
— Richelle E. Goodrich
Vagueness spurred him into knight errantry.
— E. M. Forster
One must place one's principles in big things. For the small, graciousness will suffice.
— Albert Camus
He may have confused honor with with with ruthlessness.
— T. J. Stiles
He is as full of valor as of kindness. Princely in both.
— William Shakespeare
If our counseling is truly Christ-centered, then the topic of forgiveness will inevitably come up in the journey toward growth and change.
— James MacDonald
When strangers meet, great allowances should be made for differences in custom and training.
— Frank Herbert
Whenever relationships can't be restored, it's because someone is not willing to move forward in the promises of God.
— Matt Chandler
Here in France, you must practice the art of accomplishing much while appearing to accomplish little. (in the John Adams miniseries on HBO)
— Benjamin Franklin
Art itself is female - it is full of graciousness, cadence, color, rhythm. It's full of love and grace.
— Juan Gabriel
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
— Charles Caleb Colton
As a dinner guest I gratefully eat just about anything that's set before me, because graciousness among friends is dearer to me than any other agenda.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Soft power is quiet persistence.
— Susan Cain
The truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind. Emily Dickinson
— Eugene H. Peterson