Favorite Quotations ~ Grace

Square watercolor in Daily Celebrations style — soft cascades of light and petals, gentle dawn glow Grace is the quiet strength that meets us where we are and lifts us gently forward. As Sister Helen Prejean reminds us: “When you try, God is there and you get the grace you need to get you through.”💖

“Grace, like water, descends to the lowest part.” ~ Philip Yancey, Prayer: Does It Make a Difference?

“Grace comes to forgive and then forgive again.” ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

“You may accept the inevitable with bitterness and resentment or with patience and grace. Mere acceptance is not sufficient.” ~ Paul Brunton

Courage is grace under pressure.” ~ Ernest Hemingway

“In a moment of grace, we can grasp eternity in the palm of our hand. This is the gift given to creative individuals who can identify with the mysteries of life through art.” ~ Marcel Marceau

“No matter what our decorating style — realized or aspired to — the essential spiritual grace our home should possess is the solace of comfort.” ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

“Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty.” ~ Françoise d’Aubigné de Maintenon

“Within sorrow is grace. When we come close to those things that break us down, we touch those things that also break us open. And in that breaking open, we uncover our true nature.” ~ Wayne Muller

“Our lives are of great worth if we accept with good grace the situation Providence places us in, and go on living lovingly.” ~ Takashi Nagai

“To hit bottom is to fall from grace.” ~ Doug Horton

“The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.” ~ Ramakrishna

“In life as in the dance: Grace glides on blistered feet.” ~ Alice Abrams

“Grace is when God gives us what we don’t deserve, and mercy is when God doesn’t give us what we do deserve.” ~ Dan Roberts

“Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.” ~ Ramana Maharshi, Teachings of Ramana Maharshi