Gracious Quotes

I might be an assassin, but never let it be said I wasn't as gracious a hostess as the next gal.

Donald Trump has been nothing but gracious, and a gentleman and a wonderful mentor and boss to me, and to other women. So that's all, that would be my personal choice; not a demand on me.

Apology is a lovely perfume; it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift.

God is gracious to always give a warning before He sends judgment.

And upon this act [Emancipation Proclamation]...I invoke...the gracious favor of Almighty God.

On the neck of the young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. Youth condemns; maturity condones.

Vanity is apt to inspire contempt, but that becomes immediately tempered by a gentler and more gracious feeling; for the vain man desires to win our approbation, and in this way he flatters us.

I wanted to [share] what a gracious kind of guy George Mitchell was.

"God save our gracious Queen": Why would we invoke a non-specific deity to bail out these unelected spongers?

Being nice doesn’t make you stupid. It makes you feel good because you know you are gracious enough to forgive and smart enough to realize how distasteful some people can be.

Gracious," said Cecily. "You must be Mr. Sallows." "Nephilim," observed the shop owner gloomily. "I detest Nephilim." "Hmph," said Cecily. "Charmed, I'm sure.

I am nothing if not gracious," Will said. His eyes searched Jem's face, that face as familiar to him as his own. "And determined. You will not leave me. Not while I live.

Dear little head, that lies in calm content Within the gracious hollow that God made In every human shoulder, where He meant Some tired head for comfort should be laid.

When I get some budding young comic who'll come up to me and say, 'What was it like to do it in those days?' I try to be as gracious to him as Stan Laurel was to me.

Peace on earth, good will to men From Heaven's all - gracious King

The endorsement was a really gracious statement. I am greatly honored by the endorsement of Senator [Ted] Cruz. We have fought the battle and he was a tough and brilliant opponent.

As you step every day and we're going to see challenges, we going to see failures, we should certainly learn from the failures and be gracious with our successes too as well.

Riposte of "that old lady in the anecdote who was accused by her nieces of being illogical," Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish! How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners -- and the crude vulgarity of their way of life.

If God had wanted to become an object of love, he would first of all have had to forgo judging and justice : a judge, and even a gracious judge, is no object of love.

The humanity of famous intellectuals lies in being wrong with gracious courtesy when dealing with those who are not famous.

Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious - I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well.

Really proud of it. A great campaign. And I'm really pleased with the organization and the thousands of South Carolinians that worked on my behalf. And I'm very gracious and humbled.

George H. W. Bush is gracious. And I'm not saying any of the former presidents aren't gracious, I'm just saying, this man is gracious.

The determinations of Providence are always wise, often inscrutable; and, though its decrees appear to bear hard upon us at times, is nevertheless meant for gracious purposes.

Chicago is incredibly gracious. People here have so much pride.

Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.

for ... austere and gracious allegory, as for so much of its mysticism and its chivalry, its ardours and its endurances, the world is in debt to Spain.

Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology.

There's a reason why Federer and Nadal are so gracious when they lose. They sleep well at night knowing that they've given their best.

There are no limits to where our brains can take us. We are, if there be a God, God's gracious creation.

These evils I deserve, and more . . . . Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon, Whose ear is ever open, and his eye Gracious to re-admit the suppliant.

Enthusiasm is ever a gracious, pardonable thing, because in its essentials are youth and zeal and all high, white-hot qualities whose roots strike not in the base earth.

Love is a gracious host to his guests though to the unbidden his house is a mirage and a mockery.

I have sort of the career where, if you are a fan, you've been following me for a while, and you really like something that I've done, so meeting those people is always a really gracious experience.

Mexico is a safe, as well as a beautiful and warmly gracious, place to visit.

Rejoicing is the essence of genuine worship. A sad face (apart from remorse for sin or regret concerning the pain of others) is an affront to a gracious and generous God.

When you win, you can afford to be gracious, you can afford to have a little more mercy.

I wish that those who believe in the doctrines of grace would be more gracious. That's all I'd say... I'm an evangelical. I believe the doctrines of grace.

He that condescended so far, and stooped so low, to invite and bring us to heaven, will not refuse us a gracious reception there.

I owe a great deal of thanks to this man who will be gracious enough to say I've helped him with his career and comeback, but it's every bit the opposite.

Its always good to get feedback from people. Ive been fortunate that all the fans, and especially fans of Teen Wolf, have been really gracious.

When Charity is deeply rooted in the soul it shows itself exteriorly: there is so gracious a way of refusing what we cannot give, that the refusal pleases as much as the gift.

Stephen Moyer is probably the most gracious, gifted actor that Ive met. Hes really intelligent. He has a real sensitivity to his character, to scenes, to scripts.

Being well-mannered and gracious and kind are things that I value really highly.

God is gracious to some very peculiar people.

Good morning to you, fair and gracious daughter.

I was transformed the dayMy ego shattered, And all the superficial, materialThings that matteredTo me before, Suddenly ceasedTo matter.

A gracious heart, a gentle spirit.

Beauty without grace is like a fish far displaced from the water and looking at this kind of beauty is like watching that fish die right there on the cement in front of you.