John Newton: Although my memory’s fading, I remember two things very clearly. I’m a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.
Amazing Grace (2006)
Barbara Wilberforce:You still have passion! That matters more!
William Wilberforce: No one of our age has ever taken power.
Pitt the Younger: Which is why we’re too young to realize certain things are impossible. Which is why we will do them anyway.
William Wilberforce: Remember that God made men equal.
Richard the Butler: You found God, sir?
William Wilberforce: I think He found me.
William Wilberforce: Perhaps we should begin this journey with a first step.
Barbara Wilberforce: Because after night comes day.
Lord Charles Fox: When people speak of great men, they think of men like Napoleon – men of violence. Rarely do they think of peaceful men. But contrast the reception they will receive when they return home from their battles. Napoleon will arrive in pomp and in power, a man who’s achieved the very summit of earthly ambition. And yet his dreams will be haunted by the oppressions of war. William Wilberforce, however, will return to his family, lay his head on his pillow and remember: the slave trade is no more.
Duke of Clarence:Noblesse oblige.
Lord Tarleton: What the bloody hell does that mean?
Duke of Clarence: It means: my nobility obliges me to recognize the virtue of an exceptional commoner
Richard the Butler: It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
(Thanks to Amazing Grace movie)
The Lyrics of the Song
John Newton (1725-1807) wrote the words to one of the most beloved hymns of all time between 1760 and 1770, while working as an evangelical pastor. The lyrics are based on I Chronicles 17:16-17 (Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said:”Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? And as if this were not enough in your sight, O God, you have spoken about the future of the house of your servant. You have looked on me as though I were the most exalted of men, O LORD God.), a prayer of King David in which he marvels at God’s choosing him and his house.
Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound
That sav’d a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears reliev’d;
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believ’d!
Thro’ many dangers, toils and snare,
I have already come;
‘Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me.
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease;
I shall profess, within the vail,
A life of joy and peace.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who call’d me here below,
Will be for ever mine.