Best 3319 quotes in «spirit quotes» category

Of all influences that cause men to choose wrong, selfishness is undoubtedly the strongest. Where it is, the Spirit is not.

Of all writings I love only that which is written with blood. Write with blood: and you will discover that blood is spirit.

Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery.

Often do the spirits stride on before the event; and in today already walks tomorrow.

Of which beauty will you speak? There are many: there are a thousand: there is one for every look, for every spirit, adapted to each taste, to each particular constitution.

Oh, bring again my heart's content, Thou Spirit of the Summer-time!

Oh, if I could put some of my reckless spirit into these discreet cautious lazy men!

Oh that the desert were my dwelling-place, With one fair spirit for my minister

Old age is a hindrance to creativity but cannot crush my youthful spirit.

O jealousy, Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful hue Of my flesh check to haggard sallowness, And drinks my spirit up!

OK, in all seriousness, I would say I couldn't be in a relationship without equality, generosity, integrity, spirit, kindness and humor. And awesomeness.

One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits.

One has to nurture a new generation, to raise children in the spirit of Islam.

One life totally devoted to God is of more value to Him than one hundred lives which have been simply awakened by His Spirit.

One might say that where Religion becomes artificial, it is reserved for Art to save the spirit of religion.

One must never have spared oneself, one must have acquired hardness as a habit to be cheerful and in good spirits in the midst of nothing but hard truths.

One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity. If you can make them sufficiently uncomfortable, they frequently respond by doing what you need them to do in the spirit of setting people free or ceasing arrests, which has worked time and time again with PEN.

One of the things forgotten about the human spirit is that while it is, in the right conditions, noble and brave and wonderful, it is also, when you get right down to it, only human.

One of the special marks of the Holy Ghost in the Apostolic Church was the spirit of boldness.

One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.

One radical free spirit nonconformist is pretty much like another.

One should not be deceived: great spirits are skeptics ... Strength, FREEDOM which is born of the strength and overstrength of the spirit, proves itself by skepticism. Men of conviction are not worthy of the least consideration in fundamental questions of value and disvalue. Convictions are prisons.

One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

Only a spirit of artistic sincerity can console the souls of humankind.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Only a life lived in a certain spirit is worth living. It is a remarkable fact that a life lived entirely from the ego is dull not only for the person himself but for all concerned.

Only as they cease to seek anything by themselves and only as they take the position of the teachable shall they be taught by the Spirit truth which they are able to digest.

Only some radical change can divert the downward course of my spirit, some startling new place or people to arrest the drift, the drag.

Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.

Only the human spirit can act with volition and consciously change itself; it is the only thing in all creation that is not entirely at the mercy of forces outside itself.

Only science and the spirit of seeking truth from facts can save China. I firmly believe in this.

Only the holy spirit, the spirit of the lord, can transform us.

Only the Holy Spirit can comfort a person in the depths of grief.

Only when the human spirit is allowed to invent and create, only when individuals are given a personal stake in deciding economic policies and benefiting from their success - only then can societies remain economically alive, dynamic, prosperous, progressive and free.

Only when we are captured by an overwhelming sense of awe and reverence in the presence of God, will we begin to worship God in spirit and in truth.

Only when the form grows clear to you, will the spirit become so too.

Only the power of the Living Christ proclaimed in demonstration of the Holy Spirit, can meet the urgent needs of humanity.

Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.

On the stage on which we are observing it, — Universal History — Spirit displays itself in its most concrete reality.

Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more spirit of sacrifice. All this is well worth it because opera offers such deep sensations that they will remain in a heart for a lifetime.

Oprah [Winfrey] and I share a similar consciousness of spirit that is manifested in what some may call God or simply Spirit but others call it the Godhead manifestation of karmic virtue.

O, spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou!

O the joy of my spirit--it is uncaged--it darts like lightning! It is not enough to have this globe or a certain time, I will have thousands of globes and all time.

O the joy of my spirit - it is uncaged - it darts like lightning!

Our body is dependent on heaven and heaven on the Spirit.

Our conscience illuminated by the Holy Spirit as we search the Scriptures will show us in every circumstance the right way.

Our body is the temple of our spirit.

Our closeness to the Lord will, in great measure, determine the peace and comfort and renewed strength that we feel as we invite the Spirit into our lives.

Our main work is, by the spirit of God, with the Word of God, to portray the glories of God as more beautiful and more satisfying than anything.

Our Lord approved neither idol worship or idle worship but ideal worship in Spirit and truth.