Spirit Quotes

Heart-suffering because of sin is the best proof that the Holy Spirit dwells in your heart.

Remember, that of all the elements that comprise a human being, the most important, the most essential, the one that will sustain, transcend, overcome and vanquish obstacles is - Spirit.

A cheerful life is what the Muses love. A soaring spirit is their prime delight.

The ego tells you to fill space. Your spirit tells you to let space fill you.

The body is sort of a pain. It has to go to the bathroom. It has to be comfortable. But the spirit is indestructible. It can move at the speed of light.

I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit which it fears and its desire to present itself to the world as a Scotch banker.

The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

In Scripture we read of two kinds of men-the spiritual man controlled by the Holy Spirit, and the "carnal" man who is ruled by his passions.

The spirit is often concealed within matter to such an extent that few people are generally capable of perceiving it.

The greatest Marxist writer of the twentieth century, paradoxically, is also one of the greatest examples of the independence of the human spirit from its material limitations.

Love is the spirit of life, and makes all things live.

Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit!

Since we have placed justification in the revelation of Jesus Christ formed and brought forth in the heart, there working his works of righteousness and bringing forth the fruits of the Spirit.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not quite sure it is right.

One could say the higher the spirit goes, the more deeply the soul sinks down into the waters of melancholy and tragedy. Drowning in that water is as sweet as rising.

Australians have a free spirit and an ability to think outside the box, and that is why I like Australia so much.

In secret we met - In silence I grieve, That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should meet thee After long years, How should I greet thee? - With silence and tears

Being generous without keeping score strengthens your spirit, keeps you focused on the people who make your business what it is, and helps breed success.

The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.

It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, who is the true Word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit and with the guidance of good teachers, will bring us to Him.

You can either destroy your spirit or you can accept and love yourself just the way you are.

Whomsoever you follow, howsoever great, see to it that you follow the spirit of the master and not imitate him mechanically.

You must in all Airs follow the strength, spirit, and disposition of the horse, and do nothing against nature; for art is but to set nature in order, and nothing else.

The restriction of knowledge to an elite group destroys the spirit of the society and leads to its intellectual impoverishment.

God's children have a limitless supply of the fruit of the Spirit.

To me, art is the glorification of the human spirit.

Conversion is the work of the Holy Spirit.

Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word with boldness. Even when threatened with punishment, he said that he could not help but share the things he had seen and heard.

Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit.

As the Lord put on the body, leaving behind all principality and power, so Christians put on the Holy Spirit, and are at rest.

Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.

I make no distinction between the mind and the spirit, and therefore no distinction between the process of achieving spiritual growth and achieving mental growth. They are one and the same.

I was there in the beginning and I was the spirit of love.

When you educate without the Holy Spirit, you only get a clever devil.

We must never ignore or pass by the prompting of the Spirit to render service to one another.

Every mighty move of the Spirit of God has had its source in the prayer chamber.

There is a spirit in us that makes our brass to blare and our cymbals crash-all, of course, supported by the practicalities of trained lung power, throat, heart, guts.

Without theory, practice is but routine born of habit. Theory alone can bring forth and develop the spirit of inventions.

We are far more than our bodies and personalities. The inner spirit is always beautiful and lovable, no matter how our outer appearances may change.

Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit.

A life touched by the Holy Spirit will tolerate sin no longer.

I had been afraid of the awful presence of the river, which was the soul of the river, but through her [Ultima] I learned that my spirit shared in the spirit of all things.

Everything is touched by the holy when it is in the presence of death.

The Holy Spirit alone can do this, the Holy Spirit alone can establish this link with one's neighbor.

Like everything in life, it is not what happens to you but how you respond to it that counts.

We are spirits clad in veils.

The degree of our spiritual strength will be in direct proportion to the time we spend in God's Word.

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

The way forward is to stop pestering yourself for answers and let it, the creative part of your mind, come up with the solution when the time is right.

And it is you, spirit--with will and energy, and virtue and purity--that I want, not alone with your brittle frame.