Quotes
Quotes about Soul
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.
Words lead to deeds.... They prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness.
Great as the preparations were for the dinner, everything was so contrived that not a soul in the house should be kept from the morning service of Thanksgiving in the church.
The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.
The thirst that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
How oft my guardian angel gently cried, "Soul, from thy casement look, and thou shalt see How he persists to knock and wait for thee!" And, O! how often to that voice of sorrow, "To-morrow we will open," I replied, And when the morrow came I answered still, "To-morrow."
A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.
I am fevered with the sunset, I am fretful with the bay, For the wander-thirst is on me And my soul is in Cathay.
But noble souls, through dust and heat, Rise from disaster and defeat The stronger.
Our lady of the twilight She hath such gentle hands, So lovely are the gifts she brings From out of the sunset-lands, So bountiful, so merciful, So sweet of soul is she; And over all the world she draws Her cloak of charity.
The soul, fortunately, has an interpreterâ often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreterâin the eye.
The connection between conscious and unconscious poses particular problems in the dancer because the body is the soul of action.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
Variety is the soul of pleasure.
There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.
Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness That even above the smiles and frowns of fate Exalts great Nature's favourites: a wealth That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferr'd.
Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul. [Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque certaine.]
If we had to seek virtue outside of ourselves, that would assuredly be difficult; but as it is within us, it suffices to avoid bad thoughts and to keep our souls turned toward the Lord.
To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.
Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crown not on my soul.
The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.
The human voice is the organ of the soul.
