Quotes about passion

"Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on passion
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"If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on passion
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"The passions are the only orators which always persuade."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on passion   

"Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never."

Lamartine, Alphonse De on passion   

"He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion."

Lavater, Johann Kaspar on passion   

"It is really important that young people find something that they want to do and pursue it with passion. I'm very passionate about filmmaking. It's what I love to do."

Lee, Spike on passion   

"Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions."

Lichtenberg, Georg C. on passion
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"It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar."

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth on passion
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"Passions spin the plot: We are betrayed by what is false within."

Meredith, George on passion   

"Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music -- the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."

Miller, Henry on passion
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"None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness."

Mirabeau, Gabriel Riqueti on passion   

"Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about."

Nightingale, Earl on passion   

"Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care."

Pascal, Blaise on passion
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"Passion makes the best observations and the sorriest conclusions."

Paul, Jean on passion
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"Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason."

Penn, William on passion   

"The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still."

Pope, Alexander on passion   

"Passions are the gales of life."

Pope, Alexander on passion   

"Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after."

Pope, Alexander on passion   

"As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, when the hot water gives out or goes tepid, so is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, o my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady."

Pound, Ezra on passion   

"I'm very determined and stubborn. There's a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit."

Retton, Mary Lou on passion   

"There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson."

Robbins, Anthony on passion   

"Passion is the genesis of genius."

Robbins, Anthony on passion
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"Live with passion!"

Robbins, Anthony on passion
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"Three passions simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life; the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind."

Russell, Bertrand on passion
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"They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch."

Sade, Marquis De on passion   

"We must act out passion before we can feel it."

Sartre, Jean-Paul on passion   

"The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless."

Sayers, Dorothy L. on passion   

"Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would not move and without a pilot she would be lost."

Saying on passion   

"The person who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor to find much fun in life."

Schwab, Charles M. on passion   

"I was born to be a runner. I simply love to run. It's almost like the faster I go, the easier it becomes."

Slaney, Mary Decker on passion   

"Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors."

Smith, Eugene W. on passion   

"Passion is the drunkenness of the mind."

South, Bishop Robert on passion
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"Whenever I get to a low point, I go back to the basics. I ask myself, Why am I doing this? It comes down to passion."

St. James, Lyn on passion
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"Do what you love. Know you own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still."

Thoreau, Henry David on passion
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"Passion is the trigger of success."

Unknown, Source on passion   

"The happiness in this life does not consist of being devoid of passion, but mastering them."

Unknown, Source on passion   

"There is some place where your specialties can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed. It's up to you to find it, and you can."

Viscott, David on passion   

"Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel."

Voltaire on passion
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"Chase your passion, not your pension."

Waitley, Denis on passion
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"She is so totally absorbed in a vocation -- both a gift and a mastering passion -- that she has no time to be absorbed with the self's worries about itself. And that is the moral of the story: You can pursue happiness by wearing a torn jersey. You can catch it by being good at something you love."

Will, George F. on passion