Spirit Quotes

Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons. (Denzel Washington)
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit. View quote
Demosthenes
There is always more spirit in attack than in defence. View quote
Livy
You are not here merely to prepare to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget this errand. View quote
Woodrow Wilson
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. View quote
George S. Patton
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it. View quote
Aaron Copland
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society. View quote
Henrik Ibsen
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear. View quote
Florence Nightingale
Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it. View quote
Anton Chekhov
The main force in man - is the power of the spirit. View quote
Yuri Gagarin
You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return. (Arthur Miller)
Maintain a spirit of peace and you will save a thousand souls. View quote
Seraphim of Sarov
The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless. View quote
Dean Karnazes
I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit. View quote
Yehudi Menuhin
In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here, we are experts at that. We use psychic bullets and kill each other cell by cell. View quote
Norman Mailer
While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness. View quote
Gilda Radner
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. View quote
E. E. Cummings
When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, Sir, was then the primary object. View quote
Patrick Henry
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. View quote
Helen Keller
Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit. View quote
Jennifer Lopez
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. (Leonardo da Vinci)
The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support. View quote
Franz Kafka
Collaboration is important not just because it's a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives. So learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for effectiveness, problem solving, innovation and life-long learning in an ever-changing networked economy. View quote
Don Tapscott
What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit. View quote
John Updike
A lively understandable spirit Once entertained you. It will come again. Be still. Wait. View quote
Theodore Roethke
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