118 Amazing Grace Quotes

Following is our list of amazing grace quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about what's so amazing about grace.

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Famous Amazing Grace Quotes

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now i see. — John Newton

Why are black folks singing Amazing Grace which is a song about a white slaver's conversion? — Dick Gregory

My chains are gone I've been set free My God, my Savior has ransomed me And like a flood His mercy reigns Unending love, amazing grace! — Chris Tomlin

Grace woke you up this morning, grace started you on your way and grace enabled you to survive until this very moment. — Charles E. Blake

It seemed too good to be true. That's grace. — Judah Smith

Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it. — Ramana Maharshi

Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving. - B. B. Warfield

Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving. — B. B. Warfield

Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving. — Benjamin B. Warfield

Somewhere between raising hell and amazing grace, Lord I know just how they feel. — Hank Williams, Jr.

Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love. — John Milton

Grace creates liberated laughter. The grace of God...is beautiful, and it radiates joy and awakens humor. — Karl Barth

God's grace is painted on the canvas of despair. — T. D. Jakes

Amazing Love! how can it be, 
 That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me? - Charles Wesley

Amazing Love! how can it be, That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me? — Charles Wesley

Grace alone makes the elect gracious; grace alone keeps them gracious; and the same grace alone will render them everlastingly glorious in the heaven of heavens. — Augustus Toplady

Grace is love that cares and stoops and rescues. — John Stott

Short Amazing Grace Quotes

  • When I am weak then am I strong, Grace is my shield and Christ my Song. — Charles Spurgeon
  • Grace is power, not just pardon. — John Piper
  • Whatever it takes to break your heart and wake you up is grace. — Mark Matousek
  • Grace is unconditional acceptance given to an undeserving person by an unobligated giver. — Tullian Tchividjian
  • Grace comes to forgive and then forgive again. — Rumi
  • Grace is the face that love wears when it meets imperfection. — Joseph R. Cooke
  • Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. — William Hazlitt
  • The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze. — Ramakrishna
  • Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all. — Isaac Watts
  • Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected. — Jonathan Edwards

Amazing Grace Image Quotes

Amazing grace quote How amazing is it to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go in your head.
How amazing is it to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go in your head.

God's Amazing Grace Quotes

Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part. — Philip Yancey

I'm not perfect. And who knows how many times I've fallen short. We all fall short. That's the amazing thing about the grace of God. — Tim Tebow

God's grace is amazing! We're saved by grace - God's undeserved favor - and we live by grace, which is also God's power in our lives to do what we could never do in our own strength. And it's all because God is love, and He loves us unconditionally, constantly and completely. — Joyce Meyer

Amazing grace quote If someone offers you an amazing opportunity and you're not sure you can do it, say yes - then learn
If someone offers you an amazing opportunity and you're not sure you can do it, say yes - then learn how to do it later.

Grace means undeserved kindness. It is the gift of God to man the moment he sees he is unworthy of God's favor. — Dwight L. Moody

When God's justice falls, we are offended because we think God owes perpetual mercy. We must not take His grace for granted. We must never lose our capacity to be amazed by grace — R. C. Sproul

I once was lost, but now am found. — John Newton

Amazing grace quote In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how greatly you lived, and how gracefully
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how greatly you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

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

The more you see your own flaws and sins, the more precious, electrifying, and amazing God’s grace appears to you. — Timothy Keller

Good Grace Quotes

Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest. — Max Lucado

Attack anything that makes you feel unworthy, inadequate, hopeless, powerless and useless. That is the evidence of the enemy. All those things need to be attacked with joy, with peace, with love and grace, with mercy, with kindness and the goodness of God. — Graham Cooke

Amazing grace quote If you work really hard and are kind, amazing things will happen.
If you work really hard and are kind, amazing things will happen.

It is the height of stupidity to claim that men who for a thousand years have had the power to berate us, to fleece us and to oppress us with impunity, will now agree, with good grace, to be our equals. — Jean-Paul Marat

Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace. — Jerry Bridges

I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children. — Sting

Amazing grace quote If someone offers you and amazing opportunity and you're not sure you can do it, say yes - then lear
If someone offers you and amazing opportunity and you're not sure you can do it, say yes - then learn how to do it later.

Grace is not looking for good men whom it may approve, for it is not grace but mere justice to approve goodness. [Rather] it is looking for condemned, guilty, speechless and helpless men whom it may save, sanctify and glorify. — C. I. Scofield

The foundation of all our confidence is found in the Blessed Virgin Mary. God has committed to her the treasury of all good things, in order that everyone may know that through her are obtained every hope, every grace, and all salvation. For this is His will: That we obtain everything through Mary. — Pope Pius IX

All good things come by grace, and grace comes by art, and art does not come easy. — Norman Maclean

Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good. — Petrarch

Grace Life Quotes

We know certainly that our God calls us to a holy life. We know that he gives us every grace, every abundant grace; and though we are so weak of ourselves, this grace is able to carry us through every obstacle and difficulty. — Elizabeth Ann Seton

Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence. — Og Mandino

Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different. — C. S. Lewis

Amazing grace quote Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experie
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

God grant me courage and hope for everyday, faith to guide me along my way, understanding and wisdom, too, and grace to accept what life gives me to do. — Helen Steiner Rice

Your life, all of your life, is your path to awakening. By resisting or not dealing with its challenges, you stay asleep to Reality. Pay attention to what life is trying to reveal to you. Say yes to its fierce, ruthless, and loving grace. — Adyashanti

Amazing grace quote If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish
If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. — John Updike

In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so in the spiritual life a man is sick on account of sin. For that reason he needs medicine so that he may be restored to health; and this grace is bestowed in the Sacrament of Penance. — Thomas Aquinas

Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm, look for me all around you, for, with God's grace, I shall come and bring with me countless millions of black slaves who have died in America and the West Indies and the millions in Africa to aid you in the fight for Liberty, Freedom and Life. — Marcus Garvey

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. — John Updike

Divine Grace Quotes

Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success. — Haile Selassie

All that is mine by Divine Right is now released and reaches me in great avalanches of abundance, under grace in miraculous ways. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Prayer ought to be short and pure, unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of Divine grace. — Benedict of Nursia

Amazing grace quote Courage is grace under pressure.
Courage is grace under pressure.

We have the power of the Holy Cross, our holy symbol, the divine grace of Christ, only as long as we have the holy marking of the Holy Baptism, meaning we have denied the devil and sided with Christ, and received the Holy Marking, the seal of the Gift of the Holy Spirit. — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate. — Pope John Paul II

Lord’s grace rides on a motley horse. — Polish Proverbs

Amazing grace quote Because when you stop and look around this life is pretty amazing.
Because when you stop and look around this life is pretty amazing.

What is the pattern of worship that best conveys the richness of divine grace, faithfully interprets the gospel in our modern world and helpfully consolidates the body of Christ? — Geoffrey W Bromiley

God has bestowed upon you intelligence and knowledge. Do not extinguish the lamp of Divine Grace and do not let the candle of wisdom die out in the darkness of lust and error. For a wise man approaches with his torch to light up the path of mankind. — Kahlil Gibran

As we grow detached from things, we come (with God's help) to master our desires, and we give the mastery over to God. Discipline and divine grace heal the intellect and the will of the effects of concupiscence. We can begin to see things clearly. — Scott Hahn

The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weaknesses, errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine grace, we may overcome and turn from them all. — Tryon Edwards

Grace Of God Quotes

The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands — Martin Luther

A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol. — R. C. Sproul

You have a God who hears you, the power of love behind you, the Holy Spirit within you, and all of heaven ahead of you. If you have the Shepherd, you have grace for every sin, direction for every turn, a candle for every corner and an anchor for every storm. You have everything you need. — Max Lucado

Amazing grace quote Make them scratch their head this year. Don't be afraid to be amazing.
Make them scratch their head this year. Don't be afraid to be amazing.

We shall not grow weary of waiting upon God if we remember how long and how graciously He once waited for us. — Charles Spurgeon

Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me. — Denzel Washington

True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. — Bill W.

Amazing grace quote If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.

The Rosary is the most beautiful and the most rich in graces of all prayers; it is the prayer that touches most the Heart of the Mother of God...and if you wish peace to reign in your homes, recite the family Rosary. — Pope Pius X

A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart. — Charles Grandison Finney

God often goes to the gutter to find the recipient for His grace. He lifts him out, washes him and transforms him - making him into a child of God fit for His kingdom. That is God’s grace. — Chuck Smith

Let your door stand open to receive Him, unlock your soul to Him, offer Him a welcome in your mind, and then you will see the riches of simplicity, the treasures of peace, the joy of grace. Throw wide the gate of your heart, stand before the sun of the everlasting light. — Ambrose

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More Amazing Grace Quotes

Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe. Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. ...I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior. — John Newton

No matter how loud you shout, you will not drown out the voice of the people! — William Wilberforce

Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don’t have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace. — Brennan Manning

The ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God. — Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Writing should be an adventure, shrouded in mystery and uncertainty, blessed with amazing grace. In theory, of course — Syd Field

God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms. — John Newton

Today you will envy the blessings of another, or you will bask in the wonder of the amazing grace you have been given. — Paul David Tripp

The growth of trees and plants takes place so slowly that it is not easily seen. Daily we notice little change. But, in course of time, we see that a great change has taken place. So it is with grace. Sanctification is a progressive, lifelong work (Prov 4:18). It is an amazing work of God's grace and it is a work to be prayed for (Rom 8:27). — John Owen

Jason muttered "And I saw something...Really terrible." "That was Hera," Thalia grumbled, "Her Majesty, the Loose Cannon." "That's it, Thalia Grace," Said the goddess. "I will turn you into and aardvark, so help me-" "Stop it, you two," Piper said. Amazingly, they both shut up. — Rick Riordan

The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out. — Billy Sunday

Carry with you maps and string, flashlights, friends who make you sing, and stars to help you find your place, music, hope, and amazing grace. — Mary Chapin Carpenter

Everyone praises Sachin Tendulkar. He may be a genius in his own right but in my book, Rahul Dravid is the artist. Dravid's defence tactics, his strokes, his cuts, his grace are truly amazing. I'd like to meet the chap sometime and take my hat off to him. — Peter O'Toole

There's no end to amazing grace. — Crowder

Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home. — John Newton

The Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps us from denying that though Christ was victorious, the battle with lust, greed, and pride still rages within us. — Brennan Manning

People never fail to amaze me. They face the unimaginable with a shot of grace and a rush of adrenaline; they steel their nerves; they summon their cool or anger or faith or whatever it takes to pull them through, and they go on to live another day. — Oprah Winfrey

Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation. — William Pitt

We are puzzled and bewildered whenever we see suffering in this world because we have become accustomed to the mercy and the long-suffering of God. Amazing grace is no longer amazing to us. — R. C. Sproul

At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people tell me is a very painful book to read. Well, if it was painful to read, it was also painful to write. I had pains in my chest for two years while I was writing that book. — Jonathan Kozol

When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room. — Ben Harper

You are so amazed by grace, you're not picking a fight with anyone, you're just crying tears of amazement that should lead to a heart for lost people, that God does indeed save, when he doesn't have to save anybody. — Joshua Harris

I can tell you that it takes great strength to surrender. You have to know that you are not going to collapse. Instead, you are going to open to a power that you don't even know, and it is going to come to meet you. In the process of healing, this is one of the huge things that I have discovered. People recognized the energy coming to meet them. When they opened to another energy, a love, a divine love, came through to meet them. That is what is known as grace. We all sing about amazing grace. It is a gift.I think that it comes through the work that we do. For some people, it can come out of the blue, but I know that in my own situation, the grace came through incredible vigilance. — Marion Woodman

There are other kinds of emotional pain that emerge from our own mistaken thinking. As we surrender that pain, we are inviting into our thought system a guide who will lead us to different thoughts. It’s like the song “Amazing Grace”: I was blind and now I see. — Marianne Williamson

The Bible has, amazingly- no doubt with supernatural grace-survived its critics. The harder tyrants try to eliminate it and skeptics dismiss it, the better read it becomes. — Charles Colson

Men are the enemies of women. Promising sublime intimacy, unequalled passion, amazing security and grace, they nevertheless exploit and injure in a myriad subtle ways. Without men the world would be a better place: softer, kinder, more loving; calmer, quieter, more humane. — Ann Oakley

If there are amazing graces on this earth, I believe that they are these good children sent to us by God and not yet soiled by the knowledge that their nation does not love them. — Jonathan Kozol

My favorite song? 'Amazing Grace.' Anybody singing it. But the best it'll ever be done is by the Scottish National Pipe band and their National Orchestra. It'll bring tears to your eyes. — Jimmy Dean

When you have life, [it's] the most graceful, amazing thing to happen. — DJ Khaled

For straight, hetero people it's very easy to unintentionally say something that might not honor people's identities fully, and Grace Dunham is a really amazing educational resource. — Lena Dunham

AMAZING GRACE is about the man who wrote "Amazing Grace," John Newton. It's a really great show - I have been workshopping it for a while now, actually. — Josh Young

We've lost the wow of God because we've lost the woe of God. His perfect holiness helps us truly appreciate His amazing grace. — Mark Batterson

That's the words: "So I'm back to the velvet underground" - which is a clothing store in downtown San Francisco, where Janis Joplin got her clothes, and Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane, it was this little hole in the wall, amazing, beautiful stuff - "back to the floor that I love, to a room with some lace and paper flowers, back to the gypsy that I was." — Stevie Nicks

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