Pastoral Resources

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

I was very blessed in always knowing what I wanted to do, and by the grace of God I've been able to succeed in my chosen career.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.

Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue.

But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day.

There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe.

Believe in God, for with the grace of God the American rockets will go astray and we will be saved.

Mr Johnson should remember that I am not just anyone and that he is only president of the United States by the grace of my son's action.

The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace.

Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.

You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.

The people who illegally cross into the country are from countries that have very close ties to al Qaeda, whether it's Yemen or Afghanistan, Pakistan, China. It is an absolute national disgrace.

Love is the crowning grace of humanity.

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow the coup de grace for the painter as well as for the picture.

Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture.