#grace

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master. ↗

— Joshua Reynolds

#children #commences #dancing #distortion #gestures

However saying that I totally support the concept of civil partnerships in the eyes of the law, and think it a disgrace that same sex couples have had to wait so long for legal rights, protection and recognition. ↗

— Adam Rickitt

#concept #couples #disgrace #eyes #had

In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#against #bible #bunch #encounter #first

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#beauty #does #good #grace #humour

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them. ↗

— Vincent McNabb

#control #extraordinary #fears #gives #god

How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands? ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#god #grace #hands #how #sing

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world. ↗

— Charles Kettering

#disgrace #fail #failing #greatest #world

The secret was to just be cool, stay in God's graces, and work it out. ↗

— Solomon Burke

#god #graces #just #just be #out

I have suffered my self to be politically sacrificed to save my country from ruin and disgrace and if I am never a gain elected I will have the gratification to know that I have done my duty. ↗

— Davy Crockett

#country #disgrace #done #duty #elected

I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#aging #back #been #context #enough