Spirit Quotes - Page 26

• There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's faith for you. There's such a strong spirit here.

  Daniel Libeskind

  Strong, People, Manhattan

  "You've got to have faith". Interview with Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. August 4, 2004.

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• When we complain of having to do the same thing over and over, let us remember that God does not send new trees, strange flowers and different grasses every year. When the spring winds blow, they blow in the same way. In the same places the same dear blossoms lift up the same sweet faces, yet they never weary us. When it rains, it rains as it always has. Even so would the same tasks which fill our daily lives put on new meanings if we wrought them in the spirit of renewal from within--a spirit of growth and beauty.

  Helen Keller

  Sweet, Spring, Rain

  Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.19, American Foundation for the Blind

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• More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.

  Helen Keller

  Book, Fall, Hands

  Helen Keller, Kim E. Nielsen (2005). “Helen Keller: Selected Writings”, p.1, NYU Press

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• I trust, and I recognize the beneficence of the power which we all worship as supreme- Order, Fate, the Great Spirit, Nature, God. I recognize this power in the sun that makes all things grow and keeps life afoot. I make a friend of this indefinable force…this is my religion of optimism.

  Helen Keller

  Fate, Order, Optimism

  Helen Keller (2012). “Optimism”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making. Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive. A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.

  Akira Kurosawa

  Heart, Done, Alive

  Akira Kurosawa (2011). “Something Like An Autobiography”, p.177, Vintage

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• You are a child of God. He is father of your spirit. Spiritually you are of noble birth, the offspring of the King of Heaven. Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God!

  Boyd K. Packer

  Kings, Children, Father

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• In the land of Israel was born the Jewish nation. There came an order to kill the religious and social spirit of the people. . . . And after the nation turned back to its land with strength, it protected it steadfastly. . . .

  David Ben-Gurion

  Religious, Order, Land

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• Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs but one duty - the duty of contenting his spirit, the duty of making himself agreeable to himself.

  Mark Twain

  Men, Accountability, Sake

  Mark Twain (2015). “Mark Twain's Essays: Top Essays”, p.16, 谷月社

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• But history will judge you, and as the years pass, you will ultimately judge yourself, in the extent to which you have used your gifts and talents to lighten and enrich the lives of your fellow men. In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfillment of the best qualities of your own spirit.

  Robert Kennedy

  Lying, Men, Hands

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• If those friends who blame...could see what we see, and feel what we feel, they would be the first to wonder that those redeemed by Christ should be so backward in devotion, and know so little of the spirit of self-sacrifice. They would be ashamed of the hesitations that hinder us. But we must remember that it was not by interceding for the world in glory that Jesus saved it. He gave Himself. Our prayers for the evangelization of the world are but a bitter irony as we only give of our superfluity and draw back before the sacrifice of ourselves.

  Francois Coillard

  Faith, Christian, Jesus

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• For many of us, sadly, the spirit of Christmas is "hurry". And yet, eventually, the hour comes when the rushing ends and the race against the calendar mercifully comes to a close. It is only now perhaps that we truly recognize the spirit of Christmas. (...) With all its temporal confusion, it may just help us to see that by contrast, Christmas itself is eternal.

  Burton Hill

  Christmas, Rushing, Race

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• If you desire to find the true spirit of Christmas and partake of the sweetness of it, let me make this suggestion to you. During the hurry of the festive occasion of this Christmas season, find time to turn your heart to God. Perhaps in the quiet hours, and in a quiet place, and on your knees-alone or with loved ones-give thanks for the good things that have come to you, and ask that His Spirit might dwell in you as you earnestly strive to serve Him and keep His commandments. He will take you by the hand and His promises will be kept.

  Howard W. Hunter

  Christmas, Heart, Hands

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• I love the excitement, the childlike spirit of innocence and just about everything that goes along with Christmas.

  Hillary Scott

  Christmas, Innocence, Excitement

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• The shamrock is a religious symbol. St. Patrick said the leaves represented the trinity: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. That's why four leaf clovers are so lucky, you get a bonus Jesus.

  Stephen Colbert

  Religious, Jesus, Father

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• You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.

  Yanni

  Optimism, Creative, Mind

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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• In the dance the boundaries between body and soul are effaced. The body moves itself spiritually, the spirit bodily.

  Gerard van der Leeuw

  Dance, Moving, Soul

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• If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards.

  Annie Proulx

  Smart, Independent, Years

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• You say you're supposed to be nice to the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense. I don't have to be nice to the spirit of the Antichrist. I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don't have to be nice to them

  Pat Robertson

  Religious, Nice, People

  "The 700 Club", January 14, 1991.

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• I am devoting my lecture in this seminar to a discussion of the possibility that we are now entering a Jewish century, a time when the spirit of the community, the non-ideological blend of the emotional and rational and the resistance to categories and forms will emerge through the forces of anti-nationalism to provide us with a new kind of society. I call this process the Judaization of Christianity because Christianity will be the vehicle through which this society becomes Jewish.

  Martin A. Siegel

  Emotional, Community, Resistance

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• If the pace and the push, the noise and the crowds are getting to you, it's time to stop the nonsense and find a place of solace to refresh your spirit

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Christian, Pace, Crowds

  Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “Wisdom for the Way: Wise Words for Busy People”, p.57, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• 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!

  Hannah More

  Jealous, Hue, Flesh

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• If the church marries herself to the spirit of the times, she will find herself a widow in the next generation.

  Charles Stanley

  Christian, Church, Generations

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• I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming.

  George Muller

  Christian, Prayer, Lying

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• As you study your Bible with the help of the Holy Spirit, and live out the truths that God reveals to you, you will discover new stability, strength, and confidence.

  Kay Arthur

  Christian, Helping, Study

  Kay Arthur (2005). “Discover the Bible for Yourself”, p.5, Harvest House Publishers

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• Having a book is somewhat like having a baby, as many woman writers have observed before me: the conception, the long preparation, the wait, the growing heaviness (not of body in this case but of the spirit and the manuscript) toward the end, the initial delight at the sight of the product, fully formed and seemingly perfect, and then the usual postpartum depression. What will people whose opinion I care about, and those whose views I don't value but have weight in the world of reader, think of it?

  Doris Grumbach

  Depression, Baby, Book

  Doris Grumbach (2014). “Extra Innings: A Memoir”, p.7, Open Road Media

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