#graces

I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted. ↗

— Og Mandino

#constantly #graces #i #improve #manners

I was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and pain. And knowing what matters. ↗

— Louise Penny

#three-graces #wisdom #age

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces. ↗

— Matthew Henry

#always #extraordinary #graces #punishment #sins

The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as "Soho" poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#comes #could #diagnosed #genius #graces

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil. ↗

— Voltaire

#graces #milton #recommended #sacrifice #sacrificed

You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#brought #carried #could #difficult #difficult times

Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces. ↗

— William Gurnall

#humility #necessary #other #veil

It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it? ↗

— Larry Hagman

#acting #airs #always #annoys #coming

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#god #graces #men #nurses #other

The secret was to just be cool, stay in God's graces, and work it out. ↗

— Solomon Burke

#god #graces #just #just be #out