Quotes about graciousness

The weak mind is irritated at a little: the strong mind bears it like a rock which moveth not, though a thousand breakers dash upon it, and cast their pitiful malice in spray upon its summit.

The nonchalance irritated her more because it was not assumed.

A love for his child was so profound, it spilled over to all humanity.

I'm annoyed by those who love mankind but are discourteous to people.

We are not to look to what men in themselves deserve but to attend to the image of God which exists in all and to which we owe all honor and love.

If you think the most courageous and difficult thing you can do is stubbornly stand your ground, try graciously giving in.

The wings of the dove are as soft as they are swift. Gentleness is a sure result of the Sacred Dove's transforming power: hearts touched by His benign influence are meek and lowly henceforth and for ever.

Be civilized. Grudges are for Neanderthals. – Hubert Humphrey

We see a first generation going through adolescence knowing their every misstep, all the awkward gestures of their youth, are being frozen in a computer's memory.

The truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind. Emily Dickinson

If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues.

Soft power is quiet persistence.

He may have confused honor with with with ruthlessness.

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.

He showed me the lowest. I had to surmise the highest.

When strangers meet, great allowances should be made for differences in custom and training.

He did something he rarely did. He decided not to see things from the other guy's point of view.

We need to forgive the adolescent versions of ourselves, if only because we need the practice to forgive those who are maturing awkwardly in our lives.

The author perceives nuances of Abigail Adams' character in the occasional errors she makes in readily quoting John Milton. Rather than giving the observer a reason to quibble, they are evidence that she had absorbed Milton's works enough to feel comfortable quoting them from memory.

Manners matter, asserts the professor. What provokes rebellion, he asserts, is not as often a theory out allowing for arbitrary power but be excessive, brusque use of it by a particular individual.

She was never satisfied with anything less than perfection, but she was no grind. She was too interested in people.

The author perceptively outlines what might be an underrated aspect of his subject and of many others whose public achievements are of note – a "gift for friendship". McCullough says Adams, despite his towering intellect and curmudgeonly demeanor, had a soft heart for other people and a genuine interest in their particulars.

Christ's vast benevolence must, from the very nature of things, have afforded Him the deepest possible delight, for benevolence is joy.

He loved his family, his friends, his writing, his painting; he knew their flaws, but they neither surprised nor embittered him.

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, "What you are doing is none of my business" and "What I am doing is none of your business.

We are enjoined whenever we behold the gifts of God in others so to reverence and respect the gifts as also to honor those in whom they reside.

Too many people are too angry about language too much of the time. This time could be better spent listening, learning, and enjoying the vast variety of human language around them.

We need to care about beauty and not just the utility of our products because people are not only rational but also emotional. We need to treat people as whole people. This means caring about purity and the emotional side of human nature, not just utility.

Blessed is the man who has the gift of making friends; for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of oneself, and seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and living in another man.

No low-trust society will ever produce sustained innovation.

The Internet has given us the illusion of intimacy. We read someone's books, articles, sermons, or watch their videos online, and we feel we know them, so why not share what we think is wrong? But that illusion of intimacy is just that – an illusion. It distracts us from the important principle of reaching out to them personally first, and making the sometimes difficult effort of keeping it private and saving the relationship.

Graciousness in serving and being served marks the lives of leaders who have made the largest impact on my life.

After American titan and presidential father Joseph P. Kennedy suffered a stroke that impacted one side of his body, guests pretended not to notice the impact. Jackie Kennedy, however, held the impacted hand and kissed the affected side of his face, facing his disability and giving him the courage to do so.

Humility is the earmark of God's genuine servant.

People HAVE used me. But it don't matter I don't let it change me. – Mohammed Ali

My prophetic task would be twofold: to stand up to him, and to stand by him. To awaken his conscience, and to salve the pain this would cause him.

We are to be generous not just in the results of our work, but also IN our work.

If our counseling is truly Christ-centered, then the topic of forgiveness will inevitably come up in the journey toward growth and change.

each year, she finds her friendships less volatile and easier, because she increasingly succeeds at looking past their flaws and disappointments and homing in on their pleasures and on what set them in motion to begin with. And she wonders why she didn’t do that sooner, why she gave in to so much fury and sorrow when she could have just let those emotions go.

Time was when much of lawyering consisted (according to turn-of-the-century lawyer and statesman Elihu Root) in "telling would-be clients that they are damned fool's, and should stop.

She was an experimental child but compassionate with it.

It is the most miserable thing to feel ashamed at home.

Blessings Are Immeasurable"You can lose A child Or a parent,The love of your life,A good job,A game,A deal,A bet,An idea,Your favorite thing,Money,Your best friend,A moment,An opportunity,A chance,Your keys,Your mind,Your health,Your identity,Your virginity,Your religion,Your shirt,Your license,ID or Passport, Phone or phone number,Hope,Faith,Luck,Your pride,Or your house,And feel like You've lost everything,And keep on losing. Stop Counting your losses,And start counting your Blessings. Only th

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Dinner is a cacophonous exercise of holy sanctification.

He was a product of a culture where it was generally counterproductive to hold grudges.

Almost alone among successful politicians, he took slights personally.

Whenever relationships can't be restored, it's because someone is not willing to move forward in the promises of God.

The hard truth is, the life thing moments happen. They are the details, the surprises, the every now and again “dang it” moments that are necessary for you to be able to appreciate good times and accomplish greater things.

The two grappled in the quiet of old-fashioned personal diplomacy.

The life I've livedWhat more can one ask forApart from a grand exitSlit of the wristTotal bliss

K-I-N-G Jesus is busy in every moment! (Kind hearted -Integrous - Noble - Gracious)" ~ © gfp '42™

Characters carrying the playwright's disapproval is a un-Shakespearian burden.

She grew more and more vexed with his dignified behavior. By a cruel irony, she was drawing out what was best in his disposition.

He is as full of valor as of kindness. Princely in both.

We are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.

In America religion is the road to knowledge, and the observance of the divine laws leads man to civil freedom.

A man who called everyone a damn fool is like a man who damns the weather. He only shows that he is not adapted to his environment, not that the environment is wrong.

The trout fisher, like the landscape painter, haunts the loveliest places of the earth, and haunts them alone. Solitude and his own thoughts—he must be on the best terms with all of these; and he who can take kindly the largest allowance of these is likely to be the kindliest and truest with his fellow men.

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.

Looking back on his adolescence from the vantage point of his mid-eighties, George H.W. Bush candidly admitted, "I might have been obsessed with bodies – boobs they are now called. But what seventeen-year-old kid was not? Guilty am I.

He was a generous but subtly demanding boss.

She was torn between her customer service training and her youthful certitude.