Quotes About Spirit

A body was just a body, just a vessel for her soul, and

Oh, that we could but convince men and women that murmuring spirit is a greater evil than any affliction, whatever the affliction!

It always is Christmas Eve, in a ghost story.

Be eloquent, and deep, and tender; see, with a clear eye, into Nature and into life; spread your white wings of quivering thought, and soar, a god-like spirit, over the whirling world beneath you, up through long lanes of flaming stars to the gates of eternity!

As we grow in the knowledge of God's holiness, even though we are growing in the practice of holiness, it seems the gap between our knowledge and our practice always gets wider. This is the Holy Spirit's way of drawing us to more and more holiness.

The Holy Spirit makes us aware of our lack of holiness to stimulate us to deeper yearning and striving for holiness. But Satan will attempt to use the Holy Spirit's work to discourage us.

Don't tell me this town 'aint got no heart

For practical purposes I will define Wu Shi or the Warrior Spirit as a dance between striving to win, yet not needing to win to be successful.

I believe that when we give the game back to our children we demonstrate the highest level of love for these great young spirits. When I ask kids why they play sports, they almost never mention scholarships, going pro, or winning a championship. They usually couldn't care less about such lofty goals. They want to have fun, feel challenged, and make friends.

You see, that's the true spirit of Christmas: people being helped by people other than me.

Everybody has an angel hiding inside. When you die, your angel comes out. You can die, but not your angel. Your angel never dies.

The sky, unlike the sea, never holds on to the people that pass through it. The sky contains nothing of our spirit, it doesn't care. Always shifting, altering its aspect from one moment to the next, it can't be defined.

American book jackets reflect the spirit of country - little homogeneity, lots of diversity.

That vast and vaporous territory, lacking precise pathways, is all that binds us together now. But it never preserves our tracks. The sky, unlike the sea, never holds on to the people that pass through it. The sky contains nothing of our spirit, it doesn't care. Always shifting, altering its aspect from one moment to the next, it can't be defined.

My philosophy is always, "Let's get the spirit of the character." If people believe in it and the spirit of it, then it will work.

If we want to work out a policy for the present, we must examine the past and prepare for the future, discard the material and elevate the spirit, rely on the individual and exclude the mass.

I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity.

The spirit in which one earns his daily bread means as much to his soul as the bread itself may mean to his body.

My spirit had been broken a bit over the years by my having to work on films I didn't love. Hollywood's a surreal place, and it really is an assault on your spirit.

Work and life are an interconnected adventure, guided by the heart, winged with spirit, and nourished by the soul.

All motion, either in the body or anywhere else, is the work of this Prana.

It was sad, like those businessmen who came to work in serious clothes but wore colorful ties in a mad, desperate attempt to show there was a free spirit in there somewhere.

Work miracles by setting a good example. Others will catch your spirit! The power of a good example is the greatest miracle-working power of all.

You don't need any confirmation if you are already in the spirit