Elan Quotes

Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is élan, esprit de corps and determination. (George C. Marshall)
You can't sleep until noon with the proper élan unless you have some legitimate reason for staying up until three. View quote
Jean Kerr
The present has its élan because it is always on the edge of the unknown and one misunderstands the past unless one remembers that this unknown was once part of its nature. View quote
V. S. Pritchett
Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such elan and style. View quote
Tom Brokaw
Adolf is a swine. He will give us all away. He only associates with reactionaries now. His old friends aren't good enough for him. Getting matey with the East Prussian generals. They're his cronies now. Adolf is turning into a gentleman. He's got himself a tail-coat now. Adolf knows exactly what I want. I've told him often enough. Not a second edition of the old imperial army. Are we revolutionaries or aren't we? Allons, enfants de la patrie! If we are, then something new must arise out of our élan, like the mass armies of the French Revolution. If we're not, then we'll go to the dogs. We've got to produce something new, don't you see? A new discipline. A new principle of organization. The generals are a lot of old fogeys. They never had a new idea. View quote
Ernst Röhm
Bye-bye, Elan. P.S., Next time you implicate someone falsely, try to pick a pacifist. View quote
J.R. Ward
The true dualism I take to be the contrast between two wills, one of which is felt as vital impulse (élan vital) and the other as vital control (frein vital). View quote
Irving Babbitt