Quotes about Grace
Anyone can devise a plan by which good people may go to Heaven. Only God can devise a plan whereby sinners, who are His enemies, can go to Heaven.
— Lewis Sperry Chafer
Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.
— Tullian Tchividjian
The Good News of the gospel of grace cries out: We are all, equally, privileged but unentitled beggars at the door of God's mercy!
— Brennan Manning
Good men do not always have grace and favor, lest they should be puffed up, and grow insolent and proud.
— St. John Chrysostom
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
The characteristic of a disciple is not that he does good things, but that he is good in his motives, having been made good by the supernatural grace of God.
— Oswald Chambers
If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long.
— Dag Hammarskjold
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
God whose gifts in gracious flood Unto all who seek are sent, Only asks you to be good And is content.
— Victor Hugo
Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty; but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature.
— Joseph Addison
Be good, sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can.
— CS Lewis