Grace And Determination Quotes & Sayings

I received a most amusing postcard the other morning. Unfortunately, it was not signed in a readable manner so I cannot answer it privately. But it comes from Moblie, Ala., and says: 'Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: You have not answered my question, the amount of Negro blood you have in your veins, if any.' I am afraid none of us know how much nor what kind of blood we have in our veins, since chemically it is all the same. And most of us cannot trace our ancestry more than a few generations. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Flattery is a challenge. The proper turning away from it, undercutting, diminishing it without offense or vehemence, is a social grace sweeter even than the swift determination to keep ahead in the race of hospitality. — Elizabeth Hardwick

Where did everyone find the will to do all the work in the world? We're all allowed a kind of grace period, she decided, when we can coast along, before we really need to choose a life and summon the determination to live it. Her grace period had just run out. — Alethea Black

May God grant you more grace, strength and wisdom. — Lailah Gifty Akita

God determine the appointed time and boundaries of influence for every man. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Stop reliant on human effort. Seek divine power. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Courage is the grace to act. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze. — Ramakrishna

God's grace grant us immeasurable ability to overcome adversity of any type. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Humankind's amazing grace is the ability to choose right from wrong, and assume personal responsibility for our conduct. With the judicious exercise of composure and appliance of self-discipline, we exceed our humble origins and blossom into a final rendering of whatever type of person we aspire to become. — Kilroy J. Oldster

I am unshakable. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When life tries to define you with its hardship, you gotta push back, look it straight in the eye and say, 'No matter what life throws at me, I'm going to keep telling myself that I will overcome.' And every time you own that truth, you write your own life script. — Nikki Rosen

Freedom is the grace of free-will. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Every new day, I reach out to the best of myself by grace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Your opponent, in the end, is never really the player on the other side of the net, or the swimmer in the next lane, or the team on the other side of the field, or even the bar you must high-jump.
Your opponent is yourself, your negative internal voices, your level of determination. — Grace Lichtenstein

It's fascinating to watch the progress that is made during previews. The coolest thing is watching the actors take over the show, and make it there own. — John Cariani

Today I am embracing any adversity in my life. Today I will surf the waves of negativity and see how it is getting me to where I'm going next. — Betsy Henry

Life just gets better when enthusiasm befriends inspiration and turns the mundane into a chemistry of excitement. Whether by the grace of god, character or determination, it seems that these budding whim's of excitement come as friends, to impart a little of themselves upon our hopes, dreams and desires. — Brian Edward Arsenault

We can accomplish great things by God's grace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I like to put a record on and then listen to it again and then sit down and make my friends listen to it. — Chris Stapleton

When we despair of gaining inner transformation through human powers of will and determination, we are open to a wonderful new realization: inner righteousness is a gift from God to be graciously received. The needed change within us is God's work, not ours. The demand is for an inside job, and only God can work from the inside. We cannot attain or earn this righteousness of the kingdom of God; it is a grace that is given. — Richard J. Foster

My dear, I'm a very immoral person," I answered.
"When I'm really fond of anyone, though I deplore his
wrongdoing it doesn't make me less fond of him. You're
not a bad woman in your way and you have every grace
and every charm. I don't enjoy your beauty any the less
because I know how much it owes to the happy combination
of perfect taste and ruthless determination. You only
lack one thing to make you completely enchanting."
She smiled and waited.
"Tenderness. — W. Somerset Maugham

While the darkness of the interior concealed her body, the streetlight behind them illuminated the pale oval of her face, gilding her cheeks in shades of amber and ghostly blue. The effect was . . . arresting. Vermeer had used natural light to paint women in this way, faces emerging from the shadows, forcing the viewer's eye to focus on what was most important: the look of grace. The mouth firmed in determination. The eyes poised to behold a revelation. — Meredith Duran

DAY THREE I DECLARE I have the grace I need for today. I am full of power, strength, and determination. Nothing I face will be too much for me. I will overcome every obstacle, outlast every challenge, and come through every difficulty better off than I was before. This is my declaration. — Joel Osteen

The grace and blessing of God is sufficient to carry us through the storms of life. With persistence and determination, victory awaits us at end of the journey. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Dare the impossible. By grace it will be possible. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I also able to graciously survive the PhD from the grace, which comes from prayer, bible reading, extensive story reading, fasting, fellowship, listen to music, daily dance and sacred writing. — Lailah Gifty Akita

But he does not enter into temptation if he conquers his evil concupiscence by good will. And yet the determination of the human will is insufficient, unless the Lord grant it victory in answer to prayer that it enter not into temptation. What, indeed, affords clearer evidence of the grace of God than the acceptance of prayer in any petition? — Augustine Of Hippo

As sisters, they probably have closer to 99 percent in common, but they're not about to recognize that. They'd rather fight over what kind of pet they're going to get ... It's an argument for its own sake. — David Levithan

Keep working when grace abound. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The love between husband and wife starts with Bismillahirrahmanirrahiim, the husband praises his wife. Alhamdulillahirrabbil 'alamin- if it is interpreted horizontally- 'she is my wife who is to be praised. Arrahmanirrahiim, full of grace and compassion to me. Maliki yaumiddin, she truly rules my heart. After praising, there follows the determination of love. When this is done, then one may ask to be guided in the right path. — Emha Ainun Nadjib

What do you have that the Lord didn't provide?
What do you need that the Lord can't provide? — Lailah Gifty Akita