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If we had given up, he'd still be in jail. It's by the grace of God.

I gotta tell you, I've never seen anybody with such grace under fire as Jennifer showed. She was going through the worst of all of this during (production) and most people didn't know it.

I gotta tell you I have never seen anybody with such grace under fire as Jennifer was. I mean I have such respect for her. I never saw somebody exhibiting the kind of strength that she had. There were times when what she was going through applied in scenes and she would allow that to happen, but for the most part, you have to separate those things and do your work, and so she was extraordinary.

I grew up in a little Methodist church that was very rural, very community support-oriented, made up of great people who talked about love and grace and the spiritual experience, but only in rhetorical terms.

But those rare souls whose spirit gets magically into the hearts of men, leave behind them something more real and warmly personal than bodily presence, an ineffable and eternal thing. It is everlasting life touching us as something more than a vague, recondite concept. The sound of a great name dies like an echo; the splendor of fame fades into nothing; but the grace of a fine spirit pervades the places through which it has passed, like the haunting loveliness of mignonette.

But still take heed how you hear: for upon your improving the grace you have, more shall be given, and you shall have abundance.

But for the grace of God there goes John Bradford

If only he had known the truth, all that grief could have been avoided. So too, until you know that all are altars where the name God is installed and all are moved and motivated by the Grace of the self-same God, you are afflicted by hate and pride; once you know it and experience it, you are full of Love and reverence to all.

Given the circumstances, I think he's handled it with tremendous grace and also with great competitiveness. They obviously don't have the depth, but they have talent. Their five, six guys that play a lot are good players.

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

If at the end of the day they say 'Mr. Tulloch you have to go' I will accept it with love and grace but until then I won't run and leave the youths. If they find a coach and say 'Mr. Tulloch go' I will move on just the same. It's a challenge and you just have to stand up to it.

For to do things with care is the closest thing to love that I know the cape of grace falling softly about the shoulders as we focus on the task at hand whether it be to listen or to leave or to learn.

I always thought I'd write about my dad, at some point, ... I didn't think it would be like this, but it arrived like this. I'd been listening to a lot of Garrison Keillor at the time. I love that simple story that ends on a grace note and you go, 'Wow, I'm just happy to be alive right now.' That was the feeling I was chasing.

He has really come along this year. He has great size, nimble feet and grace for a big man. Good hands and a hard, hard shot.

He moves with so much grace and so much control. He's so strong, but at the same time, he's so soft. It's just so comfortable to dance with him.

He came in as a mediocre penalty killer at the beginning of the season and now he's part of our top four. He's taken every assignment we've given him, taken it with grace and done a great job at it.

We talked a lot to Grace before the game and told her she needed to be ready to go.

We're nowhere near where we were last year. By the grace of God and only by his grace that we were undefeated in this conference and it showed tonight; we're very vulnerable in a lot of different areas and teams are starting to exploit our weakness and hopefully, we can get back to addressing our weaknesses. We're nowhere near the number-one team in the conference, especially the way we played tonight.

What worries me about this whole case is that you had a man who did the right thing, who was a good police office who saved lives, who then answered the relentless media inquiries that follow such a thing like this with good humor and good grace and good sense. And now he's being accused of being a bomber.

He remembered that she was pretty, and, more, that she had a special grace in the intimacy of life. She had the secret of individuality which excites--and escapes.

Have faith in His Grace and lead a virtuous life, a life devoted to the service of the weak; a life spent in the thought about the might and glory of God.

God's unearthly grace and immeasurable love for us is the heartbeat of this whole record. This is a story of hope and redemption, one that paints a brutally and beautifully honest picture of what it is to really live by faith.

Nothing affects the heart like that which is purely from itself, and of its own nature; such as the beauty of sentiments, the grace of actions, the turn of characters, and the proportions and features of a human mind.

Humility is the river through which all other gifts of grace flow.

I always admired churches that start new churches, but I thought I would be the guy who stays put, ... But Grace Community grew beyond my scope, and I needed to be starting something fresh. I heard a call from God. He said it was time.

Kind words, kind looks, kind acts and warm handshakes, these are means of grace when men in trouble are fighting their unseen battles

Kim said they barely escaped by the grace of God.

I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.

I think it's entirely possible they'll use the grace period (on the bonds) if they haven't heard from the ATSB by Monday. However (the end of the grace period on) Dec. 16 may be more of a make or break deadline.

It is a bittersweet moment for all of us at NBC to confirm that this will be the final season of the comedy Will & Grace .

It is only when you have both divine grace and human endeavor that you can experience bliss, just as you can enjoy the breeze of a fan only when you have both a fan and the electrical energy to operate it.

It is important to note that the delay in the decals is not a current problem for residents, because there is a grace period until April 30.

I was just really pleased with how focused we stayed. We certainly created some opportunities and moved the ball well. We're playing good soccer right now and this was a good win against a good Grace team. ... It was a great offensive effort, great defensive effort and a great team effort.

It is becoming impossible for those who mix with their fellowmen to believe that the grace of God is distributed denominationally.

I think there's a feeling that there but for the grace of God, these sort of problems could easily happen to your own children.

Just because we're rid of Saddam and the evil Batthists doesn't mean the occupation is a good thing. Our salvation from Saddam was only with the grace of God.

Larry Kennedy would not have chosen to have ALS - none of us would. But he has accepted his diagnosis with grace and dignity and continued to live by faith.

I saw where the fire department was at and knew there was no way they could get to them with a ladder and, by the grace of God, He just gave me the energy and the power to climb up those things,

Our celebration today is tempered by the knowledge that we lost so much -- more than 1,000 people dead and our communities so deeply wounded. If there is a saving grace here, it's the love that tragedy lays bare -- our love for each other, our love for this newspaper, our love for this community. We must love it back to life, and that's what we celebrate today.

Peace can be got only through Faith; Faith is the spring of Joy. But now we see Sorrow, wherever we cast our eyes. Why does this happen ? Because, man has lost Faith. He has no Faith in himself. How then can he acquire Ananda ? How can a person, how has not got Faith enough to live happily for a few days, win the Grace of God ?

Such grace had kings when the world begun!

Such menial duties; but her wayOf looking at them lent a graceTo things the world deemed commonplace.

Steve is a guy who is really good for kids, ... He showed a lot of class in the transition. It's one of those things that can't be easy for the guy who had the program. But he did it with such grace and class, it helped us.

Some of these organizers are green. And when I say green, I mean totally green. We're giving them a class. Organizing 101. By the seat of the pants and the grace of God.

Living the life I have lived - being raised by deaf parents, assimilating to a different culture, and the challenges I have faced over time - has given me insight to the fact that each person has their own complex, intricate story, and it's rarely what I suspect it is. We must have compassion and grace for each other. We must.

I was having a real tough time in my personal life. I had been involved in an abusive relationship were I was beaten almost nearly to death. I came to a fork in the road in my life were I could go down the path of destruction or salvation. And by the grace of God boxing came into my life.

I stood before my creator years ago and asked for his forgiveness, grace and redemption.

It is by God's grace and provision that Hobby Lobby has endured. Therefore, we seek to honor God by operating the company in a manner consistent with biblical principles.

I ought not to have listened to her,' he confided to me one day. 'One never ought to listen to the flowers. One should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance. Mine perfumed all my planet. But I did not know how to take pleasure in all her grace.

The creatures of the sea hold special mystery, and they are among the most exciting, graceful, and beautiful on Earth. Just consider the living riot of a coral reef, the beauty of an albatross, the awesome power of a giant turtle, the grace of a dolphin. Now multiply that by the millions of creatures in the sea. Wow!

One of the most gracious dispensations of God concerning His saints is their lovely unawareness of sanctity. The nearer they move to Him, the more conscious are they of sin. If it were impossible at times not to note their own growth in grace, it were impossible also to forget that it was all by His power. If they could be persuaded to admit their progress and talk of it at all, the language of their heart would be this: 'If God could do this in me, He could do it in anyone

That will be really special, and I thought it would be nice for our members. The music is really beautiful, and hopefully they will feel God's grace flowing through them.

I was basically a blues-folky kind of guy, Jack came from various R&B things in D.C., everybody was coming from a different place. And Grace didn't sound like anybody else.

I would hope from time to time that you would have the humility and the grace to be ashamed of yourself.

I would like to know if the fact of a novel is consistent with the state of grace.

We were very impressed with Kelly's goals for a basketball program. He is a great family man, he has three kids all under 4 years old (Zachary, Noah and Joshua), and so we thought he would be a great fit for us here at Grace Community.

We hope he continues to grace the city and plays a major role at the center. That will enhance the center and the city.

Love is the crowning grace of humanity.

We have been working on spreading the scoring around. We are looking to have different people score, it makes us tougher to guard. Grace Amber is a freshman who is stepping up to help our scoring.

With the grace period provided by China's WTO agreement approaching the end, the CBRC has - with the fostering of a strategic global vision - been actively pushing forward the opening up of the Chinese banking sector.

With the grace of God and those who love him we are all confident that Dave will rebound from this set back and continue to play and make great rock and roll.

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.

When I saw it was Park, I thought it was Grace all day.

We've been experiencing God's grace that's how I would describe it.

Those who act in ego do not go beyond karma. It is only by Guru's Grace that one is rid of ego.

You know who's doing a 'there but for the grace of God go I?' Scalia.

To grace my father's number, pitch in a Tigers uniform and get my first win (as a Tiger) and have him in the stands, you can't script it any better than that.

When despair for the world grows in me, and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be -- I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought or grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

There are two kinds of death, the death which is inevitable and common to all beings, and the death which is voluntary and particular to certain ones of them only. It is the second death which is prescribed for us in the words of the Messenger of Allah: "Die before you die." The resurrection is accomplished for him who dies this voluntary death. His affairs return to God and they are but one. He has returned to God and he sees Him through Him. As the Prophet said - on him be Grace and Peace!

This story could be about how hard this is. I don't think people know what kind of work this takes, what Grace puts into this. She doesn't ever complain. She just does what I ask. Not everyone could do this. It takes some one special to get in the ring. She really is amazing.

That good gardener, who wept thorns plowing his fields - harvests grace with joy.

Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.

Love, Mercy, and Grace, sisters all, attend your wounds of silence and hope.

She didn't like to be talked about. Equally, she didn't like not to be talked about, when the high-minded chatter rushed on as though she was not there. There was no pleasing her, in fact. She had the grace, even at eleven, to know there was no pleasing her. She thought a lot, analytically, about other people's feelings, and had only just begun to realize that this was not usual, and not reciprocated.

the deck of the ship which Grace captains, to the court of Queen Elizabeth I where the two remarkable women once met.

Grace is God's acceptance of us. Faith is our acceptance of God accepting us.

When we have read a book or poem so often that we can no longer find any amusement in reading it by ourselves, we can still take pleasure in reading it to a companion. To him it has all the graces of novelty.

We understand hereby, that the family, the business, science, art and so forth are all social spheres, which do not owe their existence to the State, but obey a high authority within their own bosom; an authority which rules, by the grace of God, just as the sovereignty of the State does.

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.

This is how I define grace: youre on the main stage, and it looks like it has been rehearsed 100 times, everything goes so smoothly. Thats where I get my confidence and success, from knowing that I have an edge because I know Im prepared.

There is no grace: there is no guilt: This is the Law: DO WHAT THOU WILT!

But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.

She has a lovely face; God in his mercy lend her grace, The Lady of Shalott.

The only true development in American recreational resources is the development of the perceptive faculty in Americans. All of the other acts we grace by that name are, at best, attempts to retard or mask the process of dilution.

Whoever invented the word 'grace' must have seen the wing-folding of the plover.

I had so often sung 'Deutschland u:ber Alles' and shouted 'Heil' at the top of my lungs, that it seemed to me almost a belated act of grace to be allowed to stand as a witness in the divine court of the eternal judge and proclaim the sincerity of this conviction.

No more than a famous master can be replaced and another take over the completion of the half-finished painting he has left behind can the great poet and thinker, the great statesman and the great soldier, be replaced. For their activity lies always in the province of art. It is not mechanically trained but inborn by God's grace.

In vowing ourselves to one another, we are entitled to stand before the Almighty and ask Him for His grace and His blessing.

I think the music industry, for instance, is such a huge, multibazillion-dollar industry and it's become very, very savvy. There's a very short grace period in which actual human rebellion or resistance can thrive before it's co-opted by these huge companies. And all of youth culture is packaged and sold back to us at this furious rate these days. I think it's part and parcel to this corporate encroachment on our lives in general.

I firmly believe that in every situation, no matter how difficult, God extends grace greater than the hardship, and strength and peace of mind that can lead us to a place higher than where we were before.

I am neither romantic nor a visionary, and that is my weakness and perhaps my power; at any rate it is one difference. In less romantic and visionary terms, I am a Jew, (with powers of introspection and eclecticism attendant, perhaps.) But I am alien to your natural grace, to the spirit which you would know as a participator in America.

For the mighty, even to give away is grace.

While the agent of renovation is the Divine Spirit, and the condition of renovation is our cleaving to Christ, the medium of renovation and the weapon which the transforming grace employs is "the word of the truth of the gospel," whereby we are sanctified.

Grace is free, but when once you take it, you are bound forever to the Giver and bound to catch the spirit of the Giver.

Grace makes you gracious. The Giver makes you give.

Grace binds you with far stronger cords than the cords of duty or obligation can bind you. Grace is free, but when once you take it, you are bound forever to the Giver and bound to catch the spirit of the Giver. Like produces like. Grace makes you gracious, the Giver makes you give.

Where sin has abounded in me, Grace now much more abounds in me. I live by that 'much more.'

I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.

What is charm then? The free giving of a grace, the spending of something given by nature in her role of spendthrift ... something extra, superfluous, unnecessary, essentially a power thrown away.

Whatever lives is granted breath But by the grace and sufferance of Death.