Passion Quotes · Page 126

...never let a passion for the perfect take precedence over pragmatism.

— Walter Isaacson

The passion that transforms life, and art, did not seem to be mine. But in all essentials, my life was a good…

— Josephine Hart

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

— Edmund Burke

Impulse arrested spills over, and the flood is feeling, the flood is passion, the flood is even madness.

— Aldous Huxley

I'd take 12 guys who had a strong passion for the game over 12 guys who don't respect the game.

— Michael Jordan

“Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire.”

— Thomas à Kempis

“He cared less, so they cared more. He said it was beautiful. I knew he was broken.This was his game.”

— Jamie Weise

I think that passion and love and pain are all bearable, and they go to make love beautiful.

— Robert Plant

No matter how you look at it, all the emotions connected with love are not really immortal; like all other passions in…

— Harold Pinter

The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion; the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, An appetite; a…

— William Wordsworth

“He loved not only her beauty, but that dim soul which he divined behind her suffering eyes. He would intoxicate her with…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“One person with a divine purpose, passion and power is better than 99 people who are merely interested. Passion is stronger than interest.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Never be motivated by a negative influence. Never spark passion because of comparison. Do the things you love only for yourself and…

— T.J. Mihaila

“Does it hurt now?" he asked, his tone rough and seductive. "No." She shook her head again and sighed, trying to pretend…

— Eden Summers

We are constantly railing against the passions; we ascribe to them all of man's afflictions, and we forget that they are also…

— Denis Diderot

The love of study, a passion which derives fresh vigor from enjoyment, supplies each day, each hour, with a perpetual source of…

— Edward Gibbon

Human envy is certainly not one of the sources of discontent that a free society can eliminate. It is probably one of…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also…

— Bernard Baruch

In those days I had various strong inclinations, for wine, gambling and cockfighting, and the society of gypsies, together with a passion…

— Isak Dinesen

Compassion does not only refine and civilize human nature, but has something in it more pleasing and agreeable, than what can be…

— Richard Steele

The White Mansion isn't boring, lass. Never boring. It's the grand demesne the Unseelie King built for his concubine. It's a living,…

— Karen Marie Moning

It is strange that of all the pieces of the Bible which my mother taught me, that which cost me the most…

— John Ruskin

I think we can really use magic in a way never attempted before to inspire these children, help rally their self-confidence and…

— Criss Angel

In all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess, there is…

— Alexander Hamilton

My heart and passion lies in reviving authentic dishes and celebrating their distinct flavours.

— Chef Damu

The passions of love ignite, the emotions of love kindle, but the actions of love set the heart ablaze.

— Roger Smith

I think the parenting of Tina and myself combined allowed our kids to really find their passion at an early age.

— Mathew Knowles

We [Americans] have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.

— Woodrow Wilson

The source of continuing aliveness was to find your passion and pursue it, with whole heart and single mind.

— Gail Sheehy

I'm driven by my passion - my family, my philanthropy, and the New England Patriots winning. That's my life.

— Robert Kraft

Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want.

— Charles M. Blow

Passion is like waves; it comes and goes. Compassion is the constant flow.

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

I have a lot of respect for the British people and the passion which they have for football, the full stadiums.

— Ivan Rakitic

“Within the nature of every person is a desire to feel appreciated, to feel needed, and to be loved.”

— Ellen J. Barrier

No man can be patient who has not strong passions, for patience is passion tamed.

— Lyman Abbott

Take heed lest passion sway Thy judgement to do aught, which else free will Would not admit.

— John Milton

I always had a passion for writing, but I always visualized other artist singing my lyrics, I never visualized myself.

— Romeo Santos

It's the youth movement we have. A lot of young guys with a lot of passion. It brings the fun back to…

— Tim Hudson

Character is one of the truly great and underrated aspects of being successful. Passion is important too.

— Teddy Atlas

Men experience many passions in a lifetime. One passion drives away the one before it.

— Paul Newman