"Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with the method and not with the Master."

Chambers, Oswald · Determination · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/10812/">Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with the method and not with the Master..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1421/">Chambers, Oswald</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/determination/">Determination</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"When I was young, I said to God, god, tell me the mystery of the universe. But God answered, that knowledge is for me alone. So I said, god, tell me the mystery of the peanut. Then God said, well, George, that's more nearly your size."

Carver, George Washington · God · 4 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/17237/">When I was young, I said to God, god, tell me the mystery of the universe. But God answered, that knowledge is for me alone. So I said, god, tell me the mystery of the peanut. Then God said, well, George, that's more nearly your size..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1363/">Carver, George Washington</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/god/">God</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions."

Disraeli, Benjamin · Greatness · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/17873/">Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2055/">Disraeli, Benjamin</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/greatness/">Greatness</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Patience is passion tamed."

Abbott, Lyman · Patience · 8 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/29409/">Patience is passion tamed..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/7/">Abbott, Lyman</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/patience/">Patience</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Passion is the genesis of genius."

Robbins, Anthony · Passion · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/29284/">Passion is the genesis of genius..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/6152/">Robbins, Anthony</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/passion/">Passion</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion."

Hall, Bishop · Extremes and Extremists · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/13520/">Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3143/">Hall, Bishop</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/extremes_and_extremists/">Extremes and Extremists</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes."

Cosby, Bill · Music · 4 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/27604/">Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1708/">Cosby, Bill</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/music/">Music</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell · Life and Living · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/23680/">I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3522/">Holmes, Oliver Wendell</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/life_and_living/">Life and Living</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas."

Herzen, Alexander · Passion · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/29255/">You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3404/">Herzen, Alexander</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/passion/">Passion</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things."

Diderot, Denis · Passion · 5 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/29241/">Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2026/">Diderot, Denis</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/passion/">Passion</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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