Grace is not reserved for good people; grace underscores the goodness of God.
— Andy Stanley
For God loves saving, not condemning, and therefore He is patient with bad people, in order to make good people out of bad people.
— St. Augustine
God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person.
— Teresa of Avila
The fact that we are loved and accepted and forgiven in spite of everything we have done is simply too good to be true.
— Rob Bell
Unless you point to the good news of God's grace people will not be able to bear the bad news of God's judgement.
— Timothy Keller
God spares us because He is good, but He could not be good if He were not just.