#grace

I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept me captivated over the years. That's what the ancient Greeks first saw and that's what caught my interest. ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

#ancient greeks #athletes #captivated #caught #decades

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied. ↗

— Horatio Nelson

#death #disgrace #dreadful #envied #glorious

A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace. ↗

— Suze Orman

#balance #correct #courage #generosity #grace

It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it? ↗

— Larry Hagman

#acting #airs #always #annoys #coming

Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders. ↗

— William Hague

#defenders #disgrace #ethnic #human #human rights

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#argument #being #escape #face #gracefully

Grace in women has more effect than beauty. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#effect #grace #more #than #women

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace. ↗

— Hesiod

#idleness #which #work

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace. ↗

— Hesiod

#against #deprived #disgrace #himself #man

In wickedness of pride is lost the light to understand how little grace is earned and how much given. ↗