Elan Vital can refer to:
- Élan vital, a philosophical term coined by Henri Bergson roughly translated to vital impetus or force
- Elan Vital (organization), a nonprofit group formed in the United States, active from 1971 to 2010
- Élan Vital (album), an album by the music group Pretty Girls Make Graves
- Elan Vital, a partially sentient machine from the anime series Melody of Oblivion
Famous quotes containing the word vital:
“The growing of food and the growing of children are both vital to the family’s survival.... Who would dare make the judgment that holding your youngest baby on your lap is less important than weeding a few more yards in the maize field? Yet this is the judgment our society makes constantly. Production of autos, canned soup, advertising copy is important. Housework—cleaning, feeding, and caring—is unimportant.”
—Debbie Taylor (20th century)