Strong Spirit Quotes

• True happiness means forging a strong spirit that is undefeated, no matter how trying our circumstances.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Strong, Mean, Trying

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  Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

  William Ellery Channing

  Inspirational, God, Stay Strong

  William Ellery Channing (1839). “Self-culture: An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston, September, 1838”, p.42

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• A strong spirit transcends rules.

  Prince

  Strong, Spirit

  "Genius in short" by Barney Hoskyns, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2006.

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• When your spirit is alive, when somebody has got a strong spirit, they could be on the verge of death physically, and they'll leak out more life.

  Tony Robbins

  Strong, Alive, Spirit

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• During mental prayer, it is well, at times, to imagine that many insults and injuries are being heaped upon us, that misfortunes have befallen us, and then strive to train our heart to bear and forgive these things patiently, in imitation of our Saviour. This is the way to acquire a strong spirit.

  Philip Neri

  Forgiveness, Strong, Prayer

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• Prayer is the acid test of the inner man's strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.

  Watchman Nee

  Perseverance, Strong, Prayer

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.356, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• 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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• Orientation in time, space, and status are the essentials of social existence, and the Balinese, although they make very strong spirits for ceremonial occasions, with a few startling exceptions resist alcohol, because if one drinks one loses one's orientation. Orientation is felt as a protection rather than as a strait jacket and its loss provokes extreme anxiety.

  Margaret Mead

  Strong, Loss, Space

  Gregory Bateson, Margaret Mead (1942). “Balinese Character: A Photographic Analysis”

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• Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else. Winning is important to any man's or woman's sense of satisfaction and well-being. Winning is not everything; but it is something powerful, indeed beautiful, in itself, something as necessary to the strong spirit as striving is necessary to the healthy character.

  A. Bartlett Giamatti

  Success, Beautiful, Sports

  A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books

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• Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent. A strong spirit transcends rules,' Prince once said - and nobody's spirit was stronger, bolder, or more creative. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his band, and all who loved him.

  Barack Obama

  Strong, Prayer, Artist

  Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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• When you're single, you're very independent. Very independent women raised me. We didn't have a lot of male figures as the head of our household, so I got, and took on, a lot of that strong spirit from the matriarchs in my family.

  Tichina Arnold

  Strong, Independent, Males

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