Esprit Quotes

21 quotes by 20 authors

Â”Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is elan, esprit de… — George C. Marshall
We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess. — James L. Jones
The Marines fought almost solely on esprit de corps, I was certain. It was inconceivable to most Marines that they should let another Marine down,… — Robert Sherrod
Individual ambition is undoubtedly a strong motive in student work, but there is such a thing among students everywhere as ambition for others, call it… — Herbert Baxter Adams
As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe consisted in the… — Arthur Koestler
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few. The manna of popular liberty must be gathered… — Wendell Phillips
Wherever the Government does not emanate...from the people, the principle of the Government, the esprit de corps, the point of honour, in all those connected… — William Hazlitt
I should deem a man-of-war incomplete without a body of Marines...imbued with that esprit that has so long characterized the "Old Corps." — Joshua R. Sands
You don't spend twenty years of your life in the service and not have a warm, nostalgic feeling left in you. It's a small service,… — Alex Haley
On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dÃ©pens de sa mÃ©moire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory). — Alain-Rene Lesage
Careful as they may be, developers of Eiffel libraries will always run into cases in which, after releasing a library class, they suddenly experience what… — Bertrand Meyer
I was a girly-girl until I moved to New York. Then I got really into the androgynous look of the early-'90s club scene. I had… — Chloe Sevigny
A coach has to worry not so much about creating motivation, esprit de corps, as about destroying it. The true competitor has it; he wouldn't… — Dick Motta
Service rivalry leads to service pride, which is good for building morale and esprit. — Anthony Zinni
My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood, the… — David Duchovny
The opposite of esprit d'escalier is the way that life's embarrassments come back to haunt us even after they're long past. I could remember every… — Cory Doctorow
The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallow subcategory. He's got esprit up to here. Right now, he is preparing to carry out his… — Neal Stephenson
A priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense esprit de corps. He… — H.G. Wells
The virtual choir would never replace live music or a real choir, but the same sort of focus and intent and esprit de corps is… — Eric Whitacre
The people of Southwest have always been my pride, my joy and my love. Their indomitable dedication and esprit de corps have taken Southwest from… — Herb Kelleher

Who Wrote These Esprit Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 21 Esprit Quotes as follows: