- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Graces Quotes
The gifts we're given, and what we do with them.
A longtime teacher describes nearly a decade in elementary classrooms shaping a deep appreciation for the gifts and graces particular to each person, a sentiment echoed in Appreciation quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Extinguish
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with ten or eleven years of experience as human beings. It is, I think, a magical time - when so much has been learned, but not yet enough to entirely extinguish the magical reach and freedom of early childhood.
- Boast
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- Nov 07, 2020
But what has America to boast? What are the graces or the virtues which distinguish its inhabitants? What are their triumphs in war, or their inventions in peace?
- Dinner
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we had to choose one American Idol to go out to dinner with, it would be Fantasia. There are no airs and graces about her... I like her.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.
- Lack
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a certain pattern that exists with geniuses - an eccentricity, a lack of social graces and an inability to really communicate with mere mortals.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chivalry is one of the great civilizing forces, taming men and introducing social graces and nuance to what would otherwise be a brutish social world.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose graces I daily enjoy and rely on in so many ways. But I worry about our virtual blinders.
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am grateful to Rahman sir. There is no way I can repay the graces he has extended to me by making me sing his compositions.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020