Collective Spirit Quotes

I don't need to have my convictions confirmed by a show of numbers. However, being among people in front of a band leads me to believe that all is not lost, that humans, now and then, can communicate on a higher level than the political and the practical.

I play to lift a city, and raise a banner.

My whole life has been a very communal experience; growing up in a house full of happy hippies, having dinner parties three days a week, and going to Christiania, I was constantly surrounded by people celebrating community. If you look at the films I've done, they all share that theme.

No one expresses and demonstrates American values more than the American People.

The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs.

It’s not going to be easy to proceed. There are going to be barriers, difficulties, hardships, failures - it’s inevitable. But unless the spirit of the last year, here and elsewhere in the country and around the globe, unless that continues to grow and becomes a major force in the social and political world, the chances for a decent future are not very high.

Bullies may land a punch. They might leave a mark. But they have never, not once, in the history of our United States, managed to match the strength and spirit of a people united in defense of their future.

The homeland affects you directly: it affects your body; it affects the collective mind and the collective heart and the collective spirit.

We humans should never forget our capacity to connect with the collective spirit of animals. Their energy is essential to our future growth.

The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American.

The living expression of the nation is the collective consciousness in motion of the entire people.

I've always played in a team atmosphere.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

To act collectively is according to the spirit of our institutions.

There's a very collaborative, collective attitude. That's a very female principle. We try to nurture that aspect of the band.

I often warn people: "Somewhere along the way, someone is going to tell you, 'There is no "I" in team.' What you should tell them is, 'Maybe not. But there is an "I" in independence, individuality and integrity.

It is not short of amazing, the power of a great idea to weld men together. There was in it a peculiar, intense, vital spirit if you will, that I have never felt before in any strike.

You need to have discussions and make sure you guide players towards the collective spirit. It can't be done overnight.

There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes the society.

One thing I can tell you is you have to be free. Come together, right now, over me.

It was the spirit animating the mass and flowing from it, and it expressed the individuality of the building.

The movement is contagious, and the people in it are the ones who pass on the spirit.

Ibrahim tells his story without a grain of complaint, and this was true for all of the band members. This is very much part of the Cuban spirit and soul.

The unity of a nation's spirit and will are worth far more than the freedom of the spirit and will of an individual; and that the higher interests involved in the life of the whole must here set the limits and lay down the duties of the interests of the individual.

This country has a wonderful spirit.