#human spirit

The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy. ↗

— Ben Stein

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Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit. ↗

— Stefan Banach

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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

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People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do. ↗

— John Guare

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The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves. ↗

— Herbert Read

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Any theory intended to describe and analyze socio-historical reality cannot restrict itself to the human spirit and disregard the totality of human nature. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

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Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case, regarded the pursuit of happiness as anything other than an aberration of the human spirit. ↗

— John Grierson

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The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts. ↗

— Jack Welch

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I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships. If it isn't about the production of the human spirit, we are in big trouble. ↗

— Anita Roddick

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