Sovereign Grace

Famous quotes containing the words sovereign and/or grace:

    “Put up at the moment of greatest suffering a prayer, not for thy own escape, but for the enfranchisement of some being dear to thee, and the sovereign spirit will accept thy ransom.”
    —Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)

    “There will always be in society certain persons who are mercuries of its approbation, and whose glance will at any time determine for the curious their standing in the world. These are the chamberlains of the lesser gods. Accept their coldness as an omen of grace with the loftier deities, and allow them all their privilege.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)