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Morale   /mərˈæl/   Listen
Morale

noun
1.
A state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose.
2.
The spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed.  Synonyms: esprit de corps, team spirit.



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"Morale" Quotes from Famous Books



... die quietly. Some abound In loud self-pity. Others spread Bad morale through the cots around ... This is a type ...
— The Years Between • Rudyard Kipling

... Garcia. The number sent, then, was not inadequate to the task. Equal numbers are not, indeed, ordinarily considered sufficient for an offensive campaign against fortifications, but the American commanders counted upon a difference in morale between the two armies, which was justified by results. Besides the American Army could be reinforced ...
— The Path of Empire - A Chronicle of the United States as a World Power, Volume - 46 in The Chronicles of America Series • Carl Russell Fish

... while in America, after her mother's death, Nelka decided to go to Europe in order to change her ideas and get away from memories. This was a wise move and gave her a great deal of comfort, and helped build up her morale. She first went to Paris where she once again went to the Convent of the Assumption and took up the study of painting in earnest at the Julien studios. From Paris she also went to visit her friends the Count Moltke and his wife in Denmark and then later went for four months to ...
— Nelka - Mrs. Helen de Smirnoff Moukhanoff, 1878-1963, a Biographical Sketch • Michael Moukhanoff

... Mons. Guizot writes thus: 'I am a great novel reader, but I seldom read German or French novels. The characters are too artificial. My delight is to read English novels, particularly those written by women. "C'est toute une ecole de morale." Miss Austen, Miss Ferrier, &c., form a school which in the excellence and profusion of its productions resembles the cloud of dramatic poets ...
— Memoir of Jane Austen • James Edward Austen-Leigh

... fell back, it was always the few British troops that time and again checked the Germans. The morale of ...
— The Boy Allies On the Firing Line - Or, Twelve Days Battle Along the Marne • Clair W. Hayes

... clearly. I have told them the distance to the Barrier and the distance to Paulet Island, and have stated that I propose to try to march with equipment across the ice in the direction of Paulet Island. I thanked the men for the steadiness and good morale they have shown in these trying circumstances, and told them I had no doubt that, provided they continued to work their utmost and to trust me, we will all reach safety in the end. Then we had ...
— South! • Sir Ernest Shackleton

... Lacerteux, que le Roman s'elargit et grandit, qu'il commence a etre la grande forme serieuse, passionnee, vivante, de l'etude litteraire et de l'enquete sociale, qu'il devient, par l'analyse et par la recherche psychologique, l'Histoire morale contemporaine, aujourd'hui que le Roman s'est impose les etudes et les devoirs de la science, il pent en revendiquer les libertes et les franchises. Le public aime les romans faux, is another ...
— Figures of Several Centuries • Arthur Symons

... be ready for an emergency call. The complement of enlisted men at shore stations and training stations has been kept down, with a decided loss of efficiency and greatly to the discontent and discomfort of the men. A navy with an insufficient and disgruntled personnel cannot be efficient, and its morale ...
— New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various

... physical temperament; but, be this as it may, his personal greatly advanced, if it did not altogether establish his literary fame. I have often carefully considered whether, without the physique of which I speak, there is that in the absolute morale of Mr. Willis which would have earned him reputation as a man of letters, and my conclusion is that he could not have failed to become noted in some degree under almost any circumstances, but that about two-thirds (as above stated) of his appreciation by the public should be attributed ...
— The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index • Various



Words linked to "Morale" :   disposition, mental state, morale builder, team spirit, esprit de corps, temperament, morale booster, psychological state, mental condition, psychological condition



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