The spiritual combat in which we kill our passions to put on the new man is the most difficult struggle of all.… — Nilus of Sinai Copy Share Image
Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
It is not permitted to a man, who takes up pen or chisel, to seek originality, for passion is his only business,… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
“I had so much fun writing this book and I want readers to have fun also. A Passion for Prying is a… — Nancy Mangano Copy Share Image
The fashion thing is something I do, and yes, it is definitely also becoming a part of myself and my personality. It… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
Blushing is the most peculiar and the most human of all expressions. Monkeys redden from passion, but it would require an overwhelming… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
In fact the whole passion ordinarily termed love (and heaven help me if I can think of any other term to apply… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I've been able to make some wonderful films, but sometimes you make films with great passion - great belief - and these… — Yash Chopra Copy Share Image
Remember that every guilty compliance with the humors of the world, every sinful indulgence of our own passions, is laying up cares… — Reginald Heber Copy Share Image
Fanatics, as a class, have far more zeal than intellect and are fanatics only because they have. There can be no fanaticism… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Now Art, used collectively for painting, sculpture, architecture and music, is the mediatress between, and reconciler of, nature and man. It is,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
If an uncompromising stand is to be smeared as 'extremism,' then that smear is directed at any devotion to values, any loyalty… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I'm always going to be around the game of basketball. I plan to keep my options open as a player moving forward,… — Chris Bosh Copy Share Image
Let's face it: professing a deep interest in movies, the absolutely dominant global art form of the last century, is at this… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
It's tragic how few people ever 'possess their souls' before they die. 'Nothing is more rare in any man', says Emerson, 'than… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I sat up in the strange bed fearing it had been a dream, afraid I would never see her again. Not because… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Education in the United States is a passion and a paradox. Millions want it, and commend it, and are busy about it.… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
We have never seen a sport as a business, and we have this great passion for football. QPR are not a trophy… — Amit Bhatia Copy Share Image
If I have a passion for anything, it's more the truth than politics, and I think that's what got me interested in… — Randy Rainbow Copy Share Image
I'm involved with a baroque opera company here in Italy. I write some of their booklet material, comments on operas. I also… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
Our hearts don't always align with the visions we have for our lives; emotions aren't always vessels of simple manipulation and, try… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I like to work with people who have a sense of putting a song over, and can sing in tune, and with… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be well-disciplined machines, but they will seldom contain men under the… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
Cycling is not impactful. Its just like when you are injured, have a knee surgery or something, there are so many things… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
Compared with more emotional types, Vermonters seem to have few passions. But those they have are great and burning. The greatest is… — Dorothy Canfield Fisher Copy Share Image
“James explores the psychological implications of belief - how a climate of ideas can invade, affect, mingle with, and be used, both… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I majored in sociology and never took a single music-related course, much less any kind of class in public speaking - no… — Regis Philbin Copy Share Image
You only need one man to love you. But him to love you free like a wildfire, crazy like the moon, always… — C Joybell C Copy Share Image
For the poor of this world, two major ways of expiring are available: either by the absolute indifference of your fellow-men in… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
Fairly early in my career, I had a passion for wine just as a consumer, and I started to learn about the… — Drew Bledsoe Copy Share Image
“No one else knows exactly what the future holds for you, no one else knows what obstacles you've overcome to be where… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
And, for me, there is a passion in managing or coaching, whether it is working on a training ground or dealing with… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
I'm surprised at people who have a passion for Mitt Romney, because he's taken every position there is. I would cast this… — Mark Hamill Copy Share Image
O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world, And rouse from sleep that… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I watched Mark Rylance in the Broadway revival of 'La Bete,' and it knocked my socks off. The complete commitment, passion, and… — David Alan Basche Copy Share Image
A people contending for life and liberty are seldom disposed to look with a favorable eye upon either men or measures whose… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The secret to happiness is to be working at your passion. If you want to be miserable, lead a desperate life like… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
