Famous quotes containing the words independent, spirit and/or award:
“I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
—Bible: New Testament, 2 Corinthians 3:17.
“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)