Top 9 Broken Spirit Quotes

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

Ali ibn Abi Talib

Wisdom, Broken Spirit, Squash

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

Rose Kennedy

Children, Broken Spirit, Risk

A church without the broken is a broken church.

Ed Stetzer

Religious, Broken Spirit, Church

America has a broken spirit, that the people that are saying, "Please help me, please let me keep my home, please let me keep my car, please recognize me as a vital human being," they are falling on deaf ears.

Suze Orman

Fall, Home, Broken Spirit

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The outrages of the powerful, the insolence of the rich, scorn of the proud, and malice of the uncharitable, all beating against the broken spirit of the unfortunate.

Elizabeth Montagu

Powerful, Broken Spirit, Proud

Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) (1809). “The letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu: with some of the letters of her correspondents”, p.226

How long does it take for a broken spirit to kill a body that has food, water and shelter?

Yann Martel

Broken Spirit, Long, Water

Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.290, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Married men live longer. Yes. And an indoor cat also lives longer. It's a furball with a broken spirit, that can only look out on a world it can never enjoy. But it does technically live longer.

Bill Maher

Cat, Men, Broken Spirit

I don't despise you for what you allowed to happen to me. I despise you because when I was released, you refused to be found and I needed you more than anything in my life. Not to mend my broken bones, Arjuro. I needed my brother to mend my broken spirit.

Melina Marchetta

Brother, Broken Spirit, Bones