Passion Quotes


We call a man irrational when he acts in a passion, when he cuts off his nose to spite his face. Bertrand Russell Passion 125
The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. Henri Frederic Amiel Passion 116
We could hardly wait to get up in the morning. Wilbur Wright Passion 111
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. Carl Gustav Jung Passion 105
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him but because he loves what is behind him. G.K. Chesterton Passion 95
It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Passion 95
They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch. Marquis De Sade Passion 95
Let us be separated by wars and pestilence death madness but not by the passing of time. Mario Puzo Passion 93
There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive. Eric Hoffer Passion 92
If the landscape of human emotion were to exist in country it would be in Italy. Lisa FantinoAmalfi Blue Lisa Fantino Passion 89
When given an opportunity deliver excellence and never quit. Robert Rodriguez Passion 89
I felt for the tormented whirlwinds Damned for their carnal sins Committed when they let their passions rule their reason. Dante Alighieri Passion 89
There are books . . . which rank in our life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences. Ralph Waldo Emerson Passion 88
I have loved him too much not to hate Jean Racine Passion 88
Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Malcolm Gladwell Passion 86
He who has no passion has no principal or motive to act. Claude A. Helvetius Passion 86
Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers but dress in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions to a common table and mess together, feeding out of the common store according to their appetite. George Eliot Passion 85
Live with passion! Anthony Robbins Passion 85
The happiness in this life does not consist of being devoid of passion, but mastering them. Source Unknown Passion 85
Every moment you steal from the present is a moment youve lost forever. There is only now. Jeanette Winterson Passion 84
Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing. Nora Roberts Passion 83
Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most desire is a life warmed by passions and touched with that ceremonial grace which is impossible without some affectionate loyalty to traditional form and ceremonies. Joseph Wood Krutch Passion 83
What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion. Soren Kierkegaard Passion 81
Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after. Alexander Pope Passion 80
Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be. Ruth Park Passion 80
All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood. Francois de la Rochefoucauld Passion 80
A rare deep and passionate love. Guillaume Musso Passion 80
My reason for being an author Because I love to write it fulfills me. But the fact that I entertain others by doing it is a lovely bonus. Chasta Schneider Passion 79
An error of the passions is not the flowering of a great love and merely the beauty of the human form is not capable of inspiring an eternity of mad attachment. Rachilde Passion 78
...the antidote to death was and always would be the heat and fury of life itself. David Hewson Passion 77
Do what you love. Know you own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Henry David Thoreau Passion 77
If it werent for greed intolerance hate passion and murder you would have no works of art no great buildings no medical science no Mozart no Van Gough no Muppets and no Louis Armstrong. Jasper Fforde Passion 76
Love isnt something to be given on whim or shelved when it isnt convenient. Love is gift a promise and a belief in another person. If you treat it as such it will fulfill you always Brian MacLearn Passion 76
Love is of all the passions the strongest for it attacks simultaneously the head the heart and the senses. Lao Tzu Passion 75
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. Henry Miller Passion 75
Life has always taken place in a tumult without apparent cohesion, but it only finds its grandeur and its reality in ecstasy and in ecstatic love. Georges Bataille Passion 74
The capacity of passion is both cruel and divine George Sand Passion 74
For one heat, all know, does drive out another,One passion does expel another still. George Chapman Passion 74
Some models of selfcontrol are able to achieve their serenity easily because the soul fires never burn brightly to begin with. Joseph J. Ellis Passion 73
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life. Federico Fellini Passion 73
She wanted something else something different something more. Passion and romance perhaps or maybe quiet conversations in candlelit rooms or perhaps something as simple as not being second. Nicholas Sparks Passion 72
I just want my stories to be mine. Lidia Yuknavitch Passion 72
You do not win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making sure that some poor bastard dies for his. Mal Peet Passion 72
It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them. Oliver Goldsmith Passion 71
It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. Aesop Passion 71
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things. Denis Diderot Passion 70
My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose. Bette Davis Passion 70
The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. Christian Nevell Bovee Passion 69
None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness. Gabriel Riqueti Mirabeau Passion 69
The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless. Dorothy L. Sayers Passion 68

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