Quotes with souls

  • To generous souls every task is noble.
  • 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.
  • The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
  • In violent streets and broken homes, the cry of anguished souls is not for more laws but for more conscience and character.
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  • Honoré Gabriel Riqueti Count of Mirabeau Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.
    Honoré Gabriel Riqueti Count of Mirabeau
    French revolutionary and writer (1749 - 1791)
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  • Sir Edward Coke Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
    Sir Edward Coke
    English barrister, judge, and politician
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  • Edmund Burke Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Thomas Moore Sweet is the dream, divinely sweet, when absent souls in fancy meet.
    Thomas Moore
    Irish poet (1779 - 1852)
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  • Kahlil Gibran You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • William Butler Yeats All empty souls tend to extreme opinions.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Alexander Trocchi All great art, and today all great artlessness, must appear extreme to the mass of men, as we know them today. It springs from the anguish of great souls. From the souls of men not formed, but deformed in factories whose inspiration is pelf.
    Alexander Trocchi
    Scottish writer (1925 - 1984)
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  • John Donne As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau Base souls have no faith in great individuals.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Matthew Arnold But each day brings its petty dust our soon-choked souls to fill, and we forget because we must, and not because we will.
    Matthew Arnold
    British critic and poet (1822 - 1888)
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  • B. C. Forbes Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.
    B. C. Forbes
    American Publisher (1880 - 1954)
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  • George Bancroft Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.
    George Bancroft
    American historian (1800 - 1891)
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  • Henry Miller Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Ingmar Bergman Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.
    Ingmar Bergman
    Swedish stage and film director (1918 - 2007)
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  • John Donne Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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  • Jeremy Taylor God hath prepared a little coronet or special reward (extraordinary and beside the great crown of all faithful souls) for those who have not defiled themselves with women.
    Jeremy Taylor
    British churchman and writer (1613 - 1667)
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  • Antoine Rivarol Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.
    Antoine Rivarol
    French journalist (1753 - 1801)
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  • Aesop Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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