Quotes About Spirit

The aggressive spirit, the offensive, is the chief thing everywhere in war, and the air is no exception.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

We must begin to inculcate our children against militarism by educating them in the spirit of pacifism. Our schoolbooks glorify war and conceal it's horror. I would teach peace rather than war.

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.

Cancer is my own private war. The strain, the nausea, the fever take turns challenging my strength, my mind and my spirit.

History doesn't mean dates and wars and textbooks to me; it means the unconquerable pioneer spirit of man.

This spirit of mob-law is becoming as great an evil as a servile war.

He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.

I'm a cowboy, wild and free. No little filly can ever tame a man like me.

They considered all of life to be part of a great mystery and knew there was no way to separate the secular from the sacred or science from spirit.

We have a choice about how we are going to live our day-to-day lives. We can walk in the Spirit or in the flesh. We can choose to forgive . . . or we can hold grudges. We can gossip about people . . . or we can choose to speak only good words about others. We can snap at a store clerk . . . or we can give grace and mercy. We can trust in God with our lives and walk in faith . . . or we can depend on ourselves and the world systems.

May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest,

I think enthusiasm counts for a lot in dancing and in life.

Romans 15:13: "I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit." Our job is to trust. God's job is to overflow us with joy.

It's as if the body is a candle and the soul is its flame. When the flame is snuffed out, all that is left to prove that there had been a flame is the candle

This ghost was the ship.

books have souls

I wanted to talk to him. To hear his dangerous voice, the voice that he used with women ('Hi, baby, how you doin'? Sittin' on the phone?' The 'hi' drawn out in a low, implicating whisper.) I wanted to hear the coldness that was so deep . . . That coldness of spirit that had made it so thrilling to get his attention.

Yes, everyone in the districts will be watching me to see how I handle this death sentence, this final act of President Snow's dominance. They will be looking for some sign that their battles have not been in vain. If I can make it clear that I'm still defying the Capitol right up to the end, the Capitol will have killed me…but not my spirit. What better way to give hope to the rebels?

If I can make it clear that I'm still defying the Capitol right up to the end, the Capitol will have killed me... but not my spirit. What better way to give hope to the rebels?

You can't take my charm. You can't take my humor.

Why don't you just be yourself? … No one can help but admire your spirit." s ~ The Hunger Games

Why don't you just be yourself? … No one can help but admire your spirit." -Katniss and Cinna