41 Quotes About Graciousness

Graciousness is a very personal thing. It is a virtue that often goes unnoticed. It is the ability to recognize and treat others with kindness and respect. We all have it in us to be kind to others, but not everyone has the patience to put it into action Read more

If you’re feeling a bit grumpy, these graciousness quotes will help you feel better about yourself and your fellow man.

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She was torn between her customer service training and her youthful certitude. Bill Bryson
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She was an experimental child but compassionate with it. Joe Cawley
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It is the most miserable thing to feel ashamed at home. Charles Dickens
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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, I D 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 then will you discover That losses are always easier to point out and count Than blessings. And that your blessings will always outnumber Your losses, For they are truly Immeasurable.It is only normal that People count losses with Their minds, And ignore To count blessings With the graciousness Of their hearts. . Suzy Kassem
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BLESSINGS ARE IMMEASURABLEYou 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, I D 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 losses And start counting your blessings. Only then, Will you discover that losses Are easier to point out And count Than blessings, And that blessings Outnumber your losses For they are truly Immeasurable. It is only normal that People count losses with Their minds, And ignore To count blessings With the graciousness Of their hearts. . Suzy Kassem
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Dinner is a cacophonous exercise of holy sanctification. Jen Pollock Michel
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He was a product of a culture where it was generally counterproductive to hold grudges. H.W. Brands
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Almost alone among successful politicians, he took slights personally. Rick Perlstein
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Whenever relationships can't be restored, it's because someone is not willing to move forward in the promises of God. Unknown
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Characters carrying the playwright's disapproval is a un- Shakespearian burden. Harold Bloom
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She grew more and more vexed with his dignified behavior. By a cruel irony, she was drawing out what was best in his disposition. E.m. Forster
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He is as full of valor as of kindness. Princely in both. William Shakespeare
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In America religion is the road to knowledge, and the observance of the divine laws leads man to civil freedom. Alexis De Tocqueville
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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. Unknown
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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. Thomas Hughes
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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. Barbara Kingsolver
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If you think the most courageous and difficult thing you can do is stubbornly stand your ground, try graciously giving in. Richelle E. Goodrich
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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. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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Be civilized. Grudges are for Neanderthals. — Hubert Humphrey David Pietrusza
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The truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind. Emily Dickinson Eugene H. Peterson
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If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues. John Taliaferro
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Soft power is quiet persistence. Susan Cain
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He did something he rarely did. He decided not to see things from the other guy's point of view. H.W. Brands
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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. Robert Lane Greene
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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. Matt Perman
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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. Thomas Hughes
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Humility is the earmark of God's genuine servant. Beth Moore
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People HAVE used me. But it don't matter I don't let it change me. — Mohammed Ali Davis Miller
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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. Erik Larson
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We are to be generous not just in the results of our work, but also IN our work. Matt Perman
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If our counseling is truly Christ-centered, then the topic of forgiveness will inevitably come up in the journey toward growth and change. James MacDonald
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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. Frank Bruno
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She was never satisfied with anything less than perfection, but she was no grind. She was too interested in people. Doris Kearns Goodwin
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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. David McCullough
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Christ's vast benevolence must, from the very nature of things, have afforded Him the deepest possible delight, for benevolence is joy. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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He loved his family, his friends, his writing, his painting; he knew their flaws, but they neither surprised nor embittered him. Philip Zaleski
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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. George F. Will
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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. Sally Bedell Smith
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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. John Calvin
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The nonchalance irritated her more because it was not assumed. Margaret Landon