Quotes About Spirit

Being Canadian and from Winnipeg, I have the spirit of a dreamer because of the cold, and being in the basement thinking of possibilities of where else I can be in the world, in a good way!

The house ghost is usually a harmless and well-meaning creature. It is put up with as long as possible. It brings good luck to those who live with it.

I'll write whatever I damn please, whenever I damn please and as I damn please and it'll be good if the authentic spirit of change is on it.

My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.

Families cannot prosper and keep America strong if government becomes a Goliath that preys upon their wealth, usurps their rights, and crushes their spirit.

We all have the republican spirit in our veins, like syphilis in our bones. We are democratized and venerealized.

There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.

The evils of popular government appear greater than they are; there is compensation for them in spirit and energy it awakens.

Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance beween spirit and humility.

We are all members of the same great family ... On social occasions the formality of strictly military occasions should be relaxed, and a spirit of friendliness and goodwill should prevail.

Entrust everything to Me and do nothing on your own, and you will always have great freedom of spirit.

I believe in one God, the first and great cause of goodness. I also believe in Jesus Christ, the rebirth of the world. I also believe in the Holy Ghost, the comforter.

I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.

The great art of life is how to turn the surplus life of the soul into life for the body.

It is in times of great tragedy when the true spirit of our wonderful country unites as one.

The humblest peasant is as free in the sight of God as the proudest monarch that ever swayed a sceptre. Liberty is a spirit sent from God and like its great Author is no respecter of persons.

There's nothing better than meeting somebody with a great soul, and a great spirit and a good heart.

Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.

Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?

By acquiring all of your furniture from different eras and places and things that are expensive and inexpensive, it will make your end product have a great spirit.

I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.

It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter.

Captivating the spirit of the age is a matter of great talent; being swept away by it characterizes an average mind. The two are as different from one another as activity and passivity.

O, Great Spirit, open my eyes, open heart's wings, open my ears to your voice in all things.