Quotes about passion
passion apathetic
To be apathetic is literally to be without passion. Erwin McManus
passion volunteer people
When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our stewardship becomes the unleashing of our God-given gifts, talents, and passions.
passion atmosphere would-be
Passion, intellect, moral activity - these three have never been satisfied in a woman. In this cold and oppressive conventional atmosphere, they cannot be satisfied. To say more on this subject would be to enter into the whole history of society, of the present state of civilisation. Florence Nightingale
passion three moral
Why have women passion, intellect, moral activity these, three and a place in society where no one of the three can be exercised?
passion artist celebrate-life
Being an artist is celebrating life. Henry Moore
passion long missing
As long as that spark of passion is missing there is no human significance in the performance. Henry Miller
passion interest-in-life beautiful-soul
Develop an Interest in Life as you see it.
passion blow men
A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks Henri Frederic Amiel
passion men play
Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.
passion sacrifice law
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
passion men truth-is
Men prefer the false due to habit, passion, will. Preference for truth is rare. Men are ruled by their fear of truth.
passion fire feelings
The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.
passion tears these-days
I'm sure when the times comes, there will be tears, but there are other avenues that I am embracing with much more passion these days. Cat Osterman
passion kissing brave
I am brave," Will said... "Yes, you are," Magnus said, and kissed him. It wasn't the most dramatic kiss, but Will failed his free arm as if a bee had landed on him; Magnus had to hope Camille would assume this was passion. When they broke apart, Will looked stunned. So did Camille, for that matter. ... Will swung sideways...He dashed across the room, retrieved it, and tucked it into Magnus's waistcoat pocket. Then, with a wink at Camille that, Magnus thought, God alone knew how she would interpret, he sauntered out of the room. Cassandra Clare
passion men vanity
The vainest woman is never thoroughly conscious of her beauty till she is loved by the man who sets her own passion vibrating in return. George Eliot
passion men games
Fancy what a game of chess would be if all the chessmen had passions and intellects, more or less small and cunning; if you were not only uncertain about your adversary's men, but a little uncertain also about your own... You would be especially likely to be beaten, if you depended arrogantly on your mathematical imagination, and regarded your passionate pieces with contempt. Yet this imaginary chess is easy compared with a game a man has to play against his fellow-men with other fellow-men for instruments.
passion people docile
It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had. James Bovard
passion life-is given
Life is given us as a passion. Jacques Barzun
passion trying want
Education in the United States is a passion and a paradox. Millions want it, and commend it, and are busy about it. At the same time they degrade it by trying to get it free of charge and free of work.
passion writing want
Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about. Jackie Collins
passion light numbers
We don't have to live up to the expectations of others. Passion is personal. As long as our passion is fueled with the right stuff then keep on plodding forward. I'll never be Mark Twain or Tom Clancy. But that's okay, because neither of them could teach you to mix a boundless number of grays, or where to place the catch light in a portrait. Jack White
passion blow artist
Passion is the breath we take, the water we drink to sustain ourselves. Without air and water we perish; without passion an artist will wither and blow away.
passion writing stories
A story to me must have some surprise...I must have a passion to write the story. Isaac Bashevis Singer
passion men creative
The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for the redemption of man.
passion reality self
The passions possess a certain injustice and self interest which makes it dangerous to follow them, and in reality we should distrust them even when they appear most trustworthy. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
passion envy people
People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no one ever dare avow her.
passion heart disturbed
When the heart is still disturbed by the relics of a passion it is proner to take up a new one than when wholly cured.
passion design politics
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
passion men oratory
The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.
passion may veils
However we may conceal our passions under the veil ... there is always some place where they peep out.
passion wind fire
L'absence diminue les mediocres passions, et augmente les grandes,comme le vent eteint les bougies, et allume le feu. Absence diminishes commonplace passions, and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire.
passion blood different
All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood.
passion vanity sometimes
The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly.