Gracious

Famous quotes containing the word gracious:

“With all the gracious utterance thou hast
Speak to his gentle hearing kind commends.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Some say that ever ‘gainst that season comes
Wherein our Saviour’s birth is celebrated,
The bird of dawning singeth all night long:
And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad,
The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike,
No fairy tale nor witch hath power to charm,
So hallow’d and so gracious is the time.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you the name, The LORD’; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 33:19.