Spirit Quotes

Any relations in a social order will endure, if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for immortality.

You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return.

But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.

People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.

A few years ago, I bought an old red bicycle with the words Free Spirit written across its side - which is exactly what I felt like when I rode it down the street in a tie-dyed dress.

There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes. We cannot see it, but when our bodies are purified, we shall see that it is all matter.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

I had a born-again experience at the age of 33. As a result of that I found a church where I felt I was being fed properly. I don't say that as a reflection on Catholicism. But once I was born again, I got an evangelical spirit.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

Moreover, I want us to urge political and religious leaders, and all peoples of the world, to move forward in a conciliatory spirit, to deal with religious matters in a responsible and balanced way, and to focus on their common grounds.

My book is traditional. It runs counter to the post-modern spirit.

I wish I could go to the school where my close friends go, but I obviously can't. The good thing is, they're really good about inviting me to all the football games and all that stuff. So I end up having an adopted team spirit for a school I don't go to.

What they're not doing is marketing the Dead Kennedys in the spirit of what the band stood for.

Basically, I'm a free spirit. I'm kind of an Everywoman.

I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has become too great.

Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.

Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.

Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the body and influence the mind, but it cannot touch the heart or move the spirit; that is reserved for belief, principle, and morality.

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.

We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

Films made in the spirit of the past continued to be made.

All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.

We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful.

Be still and cool in thine own mind and spirit.

The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness.

Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.

To see him there lifeless and breathless was very emotional for me. But I held myself together because I knew he's very much alive in his spirit, and that was just a shell. But I kissed him on his forehead, and I hugged him, and I touched him and I said, 'Michael, I'll never leave you. You'll never leave me.'