niebuhr Quotes

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

“Forgiveness is the final form of love.”

“If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.”

“Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime therefore we must be saved by hope.”

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

“God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.”

“Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.”

“The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.”

“God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.”

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”