Quotes about passion
passion thinking people
I think of part of myself as a very passionate person, but I don't think that comes across. I don't know where it comes from, that reserve or veneer of British niceness. But it doesn't bother me if other people don't spot the passion. I know it's there. Julie Andrews
passion emotional careers
Surrendered people enjoy life, relish their personal development, and value their friends. They may have an exceptionally good career and be wealthy, but they are more concerned with meaning and fulfillment. The drive to acquire money and power is a behavior that drains people of their passion and emotional connection to others. They can admit when they're wrong. Judith Orloff
passion order support
The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls. Francois Fenelon
passion goal storytelling
It's my passion, that's what I wanna do, it's the end goal, that's what I crave every second of the day is to be working on a production but also to be the person leading the production and guiding the pacing of the storytelling. Logan Lerman
passion my-own
The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life. Luciano Pavarotti
passion names magic
I have a passion for the name of "Mary," For once it was a magic sound to me, And still it half calls up the realms of fairy, Where I beheld what never was to be. Lord Byron
passion people literature
Out of chaos God made a world, and out of high passions comes a people.
passion please-me goes-on
Whenever I meet with anything agreeable in this world it surprises me so much - and pleases me so much (when my passions are not interested in one way or the other) that I go on wondering for a week to come.
passion heart my-heart
My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.
passion years leader
Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider Their passions, and are dext'rous; some by features Are brought up, others by a warlike leader; Some by a place--as tend their years or natures; The most by ready cash--but all have prices, From crowns to kicks, according to their vices.
passion crowns pique
Brisk Confidence still best with woman copes: Pique her and soothe in turn-soon Passion crowns thy hopes.
passion men remember
When you have found out the prevailing passion of any man, remember never to trust him where that passion is concerned. Lord Chesterfield
passion tragedy dignity
In nature the most violent passions are silent; in tragedy they must speak and speak with dignity too.
passion doe weakness
You will find that reason, which always ought to direct mankind, seldom does; but that passions and weaknesses commonly usurp itsseat, and rule in its stead.
passion men remember
Almost all men are born with every passion to some extent, but there is hardly a man who has not a dominant passion to which the others are subordinate. Discover this governing passion in every individual; and when you have found the master passion of a man, remember never to trust to him where that passion is concerned.
passion men order
In order to judge of the inside of others, study your own; for men in general are very much alike, and though one has one prevailing passion, and another has another, yet their operations are much the same; and whatever engages or disgusts, pleases, or offends you in others will engage, disgust, please or offend others in you.
passion men vanity
Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics.
passion first-impression care
Whenever we have something that we are good at--something we care about--that experience and passion fundamentally change the nature of our first impressions. Malcolm Gladwell
passion men ideas
The knowledge of God, the formation of ideas, the mastery of desire and passion, the distinction between that which is to be chosen and that which is to be rejected, all these man owes to his form... Maimonides
passion names passionate
I am a passionate seeker after truth which is but another name for God. Mahatma Gandhi
passion men civilization
Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms. To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions. So doing, we know ourselves.
passion games people
Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in people and places. . . . gloom is their game, the spectacle their passion, normality their nemesis. Gay Talese
passion soul passionate
It is better to be passionate than to be tolerant at the expense of one's soul. Freya Stark
passion successful phrases
FedEx is another company that's passionate. When it absolutely, positively has to get there is such a great, aspirational phrase. And FedEx used it for almost a decade to communicate the passion of delivering a package. The more passionate you are, the more successful you are. Frank Luntz
passion emotional vacation
It's all emotion. But there's nothing wrong with emotion. When we are in love, we are not rational; we are emotional. When we are on vacation, we are not rational; we are emotional. When we are happy, we are not [rational]. In fact, in more cases than not, when we are rational, we're actually unhappy. Emotion is good; passion is good. Being into what we're into, provided that it's a healthy pursuit, it's a good thing.
passion fate men
It is obvious that the most despotic forms of social organization would be suitable for inert men who are satisfied with the situation fate has placed them in, and that the most abstract form of democratic theory would be practicable among sages guided only by their reason. The only problem is to what degree it is possible to excite or to contain the passions without endangering public happiness. Madame de Stael
passion forever
Passion can’t sustain itself forever. Haruki Murakami
passion desire proud
There's not much you can do about time - it just keeps on passing. But experience? Don't tell me that. I'm not proud of it, but I don't have any sexual desire. And what sort of experience can a writer have if she doesn't feel passion? It'd be like a chef without an appetite.
passion phoenix ashes
Our passions are true phoenixes; as the old burn out the new straight rise up from the ashes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
passion space crowds
An infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space. Gustave Flaubert
passion doe reason
If passion rules, how weak does reason prove! John Dryden
passion men cheated
A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
passion men views
Moderate sorrow Fits vulgar love, and for a vulgar man: But I have lov'd with such transcendent passion, I soar'd, at first, quite out of reason's view, And now am lost above it.