spirit - quotes

Vince(nt) (Thomas) Lombardi, 1913-1970

was an US football coach

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

Albert Schweitzer, 1875-1965

was a Franco-German (Alsatian) theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

(Marcus Tullius) Cicero, 106 BC-43 BC

was a Roman author, orator, and politician

Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger.