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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American poet and educator (1807-1882)

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.

Samuel Richardson

English writer and printer (1689-1761)

Grace is given of god, but knowledge is bought in the market.

Arthur Hugh Clough

English poet

My rights all spring front an infinitely nobler source – from favor and grace of God.

Gerrit Smith

American abolitionist and politician

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

American author and poet

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

264th pope of the Catholic Church

Once more, Never think that you can live to God by your own power or strength; but always look to and rely on him for assistance, yea, for all strength and grace.

David Brainerd

Missionary in colonial North America

The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking.

Isadora Duncan

American dancer and choreographer

Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.

Paul Theroux

American travel writer and novelist

I think that together the church has learned a lot, and as we know from our own oversight board, the involvement of our wonderful lay leaders has been a real grace.

Roger Mahony

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