Soul Quotes

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties.

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?

Punctuality is the soul of business.

From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world.

Would you love a man of a broken shell after the passing of a women's soul?

I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all.

M*A*S*H offered real characters and everybody identified with them because they had such soul. The humor was intelligent and it always assumed that you had an intellect.

I was so astonished that another had penetrated so deeply into the secrets of my soul, and that he knew what I did not know myself, that when I recovered from it he had already been long upon the street.

In our western civilization we have the glorious example, the great standard of perfection and the teachings of the Christ to guide us. He acts for us as Mediator between our personality and our Soul.

Um, 'Soul Food'... Another wonderful little movie that could. Here's a film that, I think our budget was maybe $6 million. We shot it in Chicago in six weeks. I was so proud of the film, because it showed America that an African-American film about family could sell, could do well, could cross over and have true meaning.

In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul.

This is the kind of situation that can tear people apart. It tears at the fabric of your soul and can certainly tear at your marriage and ours has gotten only stronger.

See, I don't watch reality television anymore. I watched a little bit of it for awhile, but I found it turned my soul into a black sludge, and I just did not find it healthy or good for me at all, because I would watch it and be disgusted, disgusted.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.

I think after 1970 or so, after I sold Soul City, I took off for awhile and didn't do too many gigs.

I wouldn't say no to other kinds of musical opportunities. I guess that it just depends on what it was or what it required me to do, and if I felt that it compromised my own soul.

As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their audience.

Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?

You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth.

There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there.

True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.