Soul Quotes

Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, - Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.

He hath desired to bring the souls of other men to heaven; let his soul be brought to heaven.

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.

The corruption of the American soul is consumerism.

Intuition is the very force or activity of the soul in its experience through whatever has been the experience of the soul itself.

As polarized as we have been, we Americans are locked in a cultural war for the soul of our country.

Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul.

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

The feeble soul merely whines and complains.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about.

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people.

The soul's joy lies in doing.

The writer catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind.

I'm extremely ambitious. I don't know why people are afraid to say that. I won't sell my soul to the devil, but I do want success and I don't think that's bad.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.

Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul.

Don't sell your soul to buy peanuts for the monkeys.

The sky is one whole, the water another; and between those two infinities the soul of man is in loneliness.

And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me.

I keep my heart and my soul and my spirit open to miracles.

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it.

Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.

A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.

At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips.

I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?