Strength of Spirit Quotes

They may kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to crush my spirit.

I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.

Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.

Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.

we're too great a nation to allow the evil-doers to affect our soul and our spirit.

We love and live in power; it is the spirit's end. Mind must subdue; to conquer is its life.

Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.

While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert...that as long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.

My love, wherever you are - whatever you are - don't lose faith. I know it's gonna happen someday to you.

And so with that spirit of confidence in our step and with that prayer in our heart, let us now quicken our pace to the victory that awaits us!

If I fail, I try again, and again, and again. If YOU fail, are you going to try again? The human spirit can handle much worse than we realize. It matters HOW you are going to FINISH. Are you going to finish strong?

My message to you all is hope, courage and confidence.

In God's name let us go on bravely.

There are only two ways we can be beaten: we die or we give up. And we're not giving up.

You do not determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth, as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him.

Beth could not reason upon or explain the faith that gave her courage and patience to give up life, and cheerfully wait for death. Like a confiding child, she asked no questions, but left everything to God and nature, Father and Mother of us all, feeling sure that they, and they only, could teach and strengthen heart and spirit for this life and the life to come.

I've been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done Tried to make me Stop laughin', stop lovin', stop livin'-- But I don't care! I'm still here!

As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life.

I feel my characters are valid, my characters are people, my characters have hope. Hope is the thing that'll take us through.