(61 quotes found)
“a great gentleman, a real Southern gentleman and throughout our dealings with him he was always gracious and kind, and I think in these later years he wanted to end on a high moral note and end by telling the truth ... so we miss him.”
Ken Starr
“The bigger they are, the more gracious they are. If I died tomorrow, I'd be happy with who I had the chance to sing with.”
Keni Thomas
“You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.”
Joe Namath
“Our town has been so gracious, it's been unbelievable. We're so thankful to everybody. Sam is loved by everybody, but he worries more about everybody else, when you'd think he'd be worried about himself.”
Linda Mulleady
“It's called gracious professionalism. The idea is to be open and help more people learn.”
Chuck Gosdzinski
“There was no one more gracious, considerate and kind; no one more hospitable and generous; no one more capable of understanding and empathy.”
Benjamin Netanyahu
“Accepting an award is like walking a tightrope. You need to begracious, grateful, and humble -- but not so humble orself-deprecating that the audience thinks you are trivializingthe honour. The warm glow of the occasion can suddenly turnchilly or sour with a few ill-chosen words.”
Patricia Fripp
“O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! / As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; / And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.”
Bible
“Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer”
Charles Caleb Colton
“[The senior senator from Massachusetts was equally gracious.] I've enjoyed working with the president, ... I might say I might use those same words with regard to him, respectfully.”
Edward Kennedy
