Top 1200 Spirit Of Life Quotes & Sayings - Page 8

The genius of Christian spirituality is to integrate [the] spirit of possession with the spirit of dispossession. The spirit of dispossession implies that all the good and delightful things of this world are never allowed to own, possess, or shackle me. Dispossession implies that I am always free, my own person, liberated from the tyranny that possession can easily exercise over us.

Martial arts was founded on the spirit that it's not only a sport, but a way of life.

It is the Spirit alone that can mortify sin; he is promised to do it, and all other means without him are empty and vain. How shall he, then, mortify sin that has not the Spirit? A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.

If all I do in my life is soothe someone's spirit with a song , then let me do that and I'm happy.

To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit.

The Holy Spirit never convicts (Christians) of your sins. He never comes to point out your faults…. It does not take a revelation from the Holy Spirit to see that you have failed. However, when you know that you’ve failed what you do need is for the Holy Spirit to convict you of your righteousness.

This life, this purpose, this American spirit that we hold dear - we are not alone. We do it together.

It is this one Spirit who makes it possible for an infant to be regenerated . . . when that infant is brought to baptism; and it is through this one Spirit that the infant so presented is reborn. For it is not written, 'Unless a man be born again by the will of his parents' or 'by the faith of those presenting him or ministering to him,' but, 'Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit.' The water, therefore, manifesting exteriorly the sacrament of grace, and the Spirit effecting interiorly the benefit of grace, both regenerate in one Christ that man who was generated in Adam.

The spirit or life spark which animates this manifestation could be called God.

Not few nor light are the burdens of life; then load it not with heaviness of spirit.

A jurist can obey the letter of the law and violate its spirit, or it can follow the spirit of the law and violate the letter of the law. I want someone who can reconcile the letter and the spirit of the law without partisan leanings.

What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.

Just consider, my friend, whether a pure spirit and virtue are anything other than saving your life and being saved. Perhaps we need to discard the idea of longevity and cease loving this life, instead committing these things to God and, believing that no one ever escapes destiny, to consider, with that in mind, how we may live the best possible life in the time that remains.

That evidence of the spirit of life is what makes me get out of bed in the morning.

Nothing becomes reality in the political life of a nation that was not present in its literature as spirit.

But I know every rock and tree and creature has a life, has a spirit, has a name.

If in the well and truly made martini DeVoto finds "water of life" and the blessing to the spirit, so also DeVoto's The Hour brings to its readers the breath of life and a vision of themselves made generous, indomitable and wise.

A mind sourced in Spirit is a river of immeasurable power and life-giving goodness.

It is very important that people see there is a bright future, and we can re-engage that entrepreneurial spirit of the trading nation for which the U.K. has always been known - that dynamic, creative spirit.

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

Man's words are mere breath, but the word of the Lord is spirit and life.

The B.C. spirit bear symbolizes the essence of the spirit of British Columbia. It is a powerful presence and a thing of wonder that lives in a magical land of beauty, grace and unbridled potential.

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.

I do feel like there's a spirit and a tone you can set that lets people know that they're appreciated for being there. It's a sense of spirit that I think every film should have.

What we need now for quickening is not so much money and wisdom as the spirit of supplication. Pray for yourself until the new life is infused. When that new life comes, it will lead you to pray for others.

Every good writer has much idiom; it is the life and spirit of language.

Competitive spirit is a driving force that keeps life going with a thrill.

...the moving spirit of militancy is deep and abiding reverence for human life.

My spirit had been broken a bit over the years by my having to work on films I didn't love. Hollywood's a surreal place, and it really is an assault on your spirit.

Art is the funnel, as it were, through which spirit is poured into life.

The enjoyment of life is only possible if we could get connected to the spirit.

Before one can correctly understand the work of the Holy Spirit, he must first of all know the Spirit himself. A frequent source of error and fanaticism about the work of the Holy Spirit is the attempt to study and understand His work without, first of all, coming to know Him as a person.

The only currency I value is the coin of the spirit. That's very important in my life.

Mathematics is the handwriting on the human consciousness of the very Spirit of Life itself.

Meditation, you know, comes by a process imagination. You go through all these processes purification of the elements - making the one melt the other, that into the next higher, that into mind, that into spirit, and then you are spirit.

Man is spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is the self? The self is a relation which relates itself to itself.

The spirit in motion heals, expands, circles in and out of the body, moving through the layers of consciousness from inertia to ecstasy. Open to the spirit, and you will be transformed.

My dad instilled in me a warrior like spirit that I've applied towards life.

The most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit of free human inquiry. Believe only in that.

You must live life in such a spirit that you make in every moment the best of possibilities.

The people generally get accustomed to the established order of things and begin to tremble at the very idea of a change. It is this lethargical spirit that needs be replaced by the revolutionary spirit.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

A strengthened national spirit can provide the motive power to rise our people from the depths and... pour new life and vigor in the national system. The reinvigoration of the national spirit must take place in the grass roots, in every city, town and barrio in the Philippines, and it must start among our own people... To be a worthy citizen of the world one must first prove himself to be a good Filipino.

I think the human spirit is a real powerful spirit. It has no limits and it has no ends. And I hate to see it put in any kind of box - pink or green.

Let Love step down, open the clasped hands, forfeit the thorny crown, retrieve the garment that was whole, body and spirit one, spirit and soul.

Celebrations infuse life with passion and purpose. They summon the human spirit.

One of the outcomes of a Spirit-filled life is a new illumination to understand God's Word.

Spirit Math: The quality of your life equals the ratio of appreciation to complaint.

Rock and roll is not just music, it is a way of life, it has its own spirit.

The sun gives spirit and life to the plants and the earth nourishes them with moisture.

In that world, you'll be able to rise in the morning with the spirit you had known in your childhood: that spirit of eagerness, adventure and certainty which comes from dealing with a rational universe.

Let go of the spirit of the departed, and continue the celebration of your own life.

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

You can't die. Bodies come and go but your spirit is eternal. You're the stuff that life is.

State interference in economic life, which calls itself economic policy, has done nothing but destroy economic life. Prohibitions and regulations have by their general obstructive tendency fostered the growth of the spirit of wastefulness.

Attempt to be creative for the joy it brings… Select something like music, dance, sculpture, or poetry. Being creative will help you enjoy life. It engenders a spirit of gratitude. It develops latent talent, sharpens your capacity to reason, to act, and to find purpose in life. It dispels loneliness and heartache. It gives a renewal, a spark of enthusiasm, and zest for life.

We must realize that the ministries and gifts of the Spirit are for everyday life, not just meetings.

I have consecrated my life to changing matter into spirit with the hope of someday seeing it all.

My intent is to be generous of spirit and live with total integrity every day of my life.