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Quotes About Spirit

In proper men there is hidden a light which darkness makes visible. I believe that the hope of mankind is in this buried glory; the spirit which makes true men hang on to the throats of their enemies at the very rim of the grave.
~ Gerald Kersh
I waited for nothing. And nothing arrived. A deep ice stole its way into my heart. I felt it settle in and numb the valves and quiet the wind that blew inside my frame, heard it set upon my bones and breathe silence into the brittle spaces, everything that was broken. At that moment my heart knew the peace of cold. I gave up on my friend, and the night watch was done, for only his spirit would ever come to me again.
~ Gerard Donovan
Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.
~ M. Scott Peck
And the spirit of revolution will not die while the hearts of these workers continue to beat.
~ Ernst Toller
In the report made on behalf of the C.G.T. we affirmed that the Peace Treaty should, in accordance with the spirit of workers' organizations, lay the first foundations of the United States of Europe.
~ Leon Jouhaux
The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just direction traffic.
~ Mel Gibson
We had extremely democratic town councils in medieval Italy which knew the value of working together, and every now and then, down the centuries, this spirit returns.
~ Dario Fo
I know there's a principle of spirit. It works without space-time. I am subject to that principle, in spirit and in belief of body. Learn how spirit works, a few simple rules, living a perfect spiritual life is easy.
~ Richard Bach
The Spirit works through community. Somebody will have a stupid, screwy idea. That's okay. The point of having creeds and confessions and traditions is to keep us in touch with the obvious errors.
~ Eugene H. Peterson
Man works outwardly and inwardly - after rest, he has energy; after energy, he needs repose; so, when we have given instruction for a time, we need instruction and must receive it, or the spirit faints and wisdom herself grows bitter.
~ James Stephens
Ledger art represents a spirit which has lasted through the hardships and turmoil. It is my goal and ambition that this style of pictograph art continues to pay tribute to the perseverance of my ancestors who adapted and created works of art during a period of life changing turmoil and injustice.
~ Michael Horse
If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.
~ Daniel Day-Lewis
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free.
~ Anne Sullivan
Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in this world.
~ Jesus Christ
So much of boxing is to do with your mental state. Evander Holyfield talks about spirit. I definitely have that spirit and feel like I've got something special inside me. It's about me bringing it out, controlling it and using it to become world champion.
~ Daniel Dubois
We have a great sense of togetherness. It is our team spirit that has taken us to this World Cup.
~ Robbie Keane
The comics I read as a kid were all about guys in tights. But here was a guy who wore a fedora. He fought crime like they did in Marvel and DC, but he did it in the real world. I had just turned 12 when I met the Spirit and it was a strange coincidence. At the same time I discovered girls I fell out of love with guys in tights.
~ Frank Miller
I am indebted to the Indian Army, from my birth till now; I have grown and imbibed the indomitable spirit of this fighting force.
~ Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.
~ Thomas Dekker
We are never like angels till our passion dies.
~ John Denham
That's Manchester United for you, a never-say-die attitude as you see time and time again.
~ Danny Welbeck
It's a great time to do a show, at Christmas time. People are by and large in a Christmas frame of mind.
~ Anne Murray
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.
~ Ansel Adams