Hillary Clinton - Arthur Hugh Clough - Ernest Hemingway - Da Vinci - Hilaire Belloc - John Newton - William Shakespeare - Martin Luther - John Updike - John Donne - John Milton - Jonathan Edwards - Romans 11:5&6 - Galatians 5:4 - Elie Wiesel -
Ever since I’ve been a little girl I’ve felt the presence of God in my life. It’s a gift of grace that has for me been incredibly sustaining, but really ever since I was a child, I’ve felt the enveloping love and support of God. Hillary Clinton
Grace is given of God, but knowledge is bought in the market. Arthur Hugh Clough, 1819-61, The Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich, 1848
Grace under pressure. Ernest Hemingway, letter to F Scott Fitzgerald
One poet said he [Da Vinci] had infinite grace. Da Vinci: The Lost Treasure, BBC 2011
The grace of God is courtesy. Hilaire Belloc
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see. John Newton, Olney Hymns, 1779
O, graceless men; they know not what they do. William Shakespeare, The First Part of the Contention, II Henry VI, IV iv 37, King Henry to Messenger et al
O momentary grace of mortal men,
Which we more hunt for than the grace of God. William Shakespeare, Richard III III iv 96-97, Lord Hastings to Catesby
For every man with his affects is born,
Not by might mastered, but by special grace. William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s Lost I i 149-150, Biron
Know you not, master, to some kind of men
Their graces serve them but as enemies? William Shakespeare, As You Like It II iii 10-11, Adam to Orlando
Grace is grace despite of all controversy. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure I ii 24-25, Lucio
Grace is given to heal the spiritually sick, not to decorate spiritual heroes. Martin Luther
Rain is grace, rain in the sky condescending to Earth. Without rain there would be no life. John Updike
No spring nor summer hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face. John Donne, Elegy IX: The Autumnal
Grace was in all her steps,
Heav’n in her eye,
In every gesture dignity and love. John Milton, Paradise Lost XIII, re Eve
Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected. Jonathan Edwards
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. Romans 11:5&6
Ye are fallen from grace. Galatians 5:4
For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile. Elie Wiesel