Ardent Quotes

146 Ardent quotes by 127 unique authors

On the whole, my family had always adopted a reserved attitude toward Zionism; my great-uncle Edmond had acted on his own in generously supporting Jewish… — Guy de Rothschild
My ardent desire is, and my aim has been . . . to comply strictly with all our engagements foreign and domestic; but to keep… — George Washington
I rejoice that liberty . . . now finds an asylum in the bosom of a regularly organized government; a government, which, being formed to… — George Washington
That peace, safety, and concord may be the portion of our native land, and be long enjoyed by our fellow-citizens, is the most ardent wish… — Thomas Jefferson
Jealousy is beautiful only on a young and ardent face. After the first wrinkles, trust must return. — Alfred Capus
Evasion of the unadorned immediacy of life is as deep-seated as it is relentless. Even with the ardent desire to be aware and alert in… — Stephen Batchelor
The quivering, ardent sunlight showed him the lines of cruelty round the mouth as clearly as if he had been looking into a mirror after… — Oscar Wilde
It is so rare...to find a complete person, with a soul, a heart and an imagination; so rare for characters as ardent and restless as… — Hector Berlioz
A flower's fragrance declares to all the world that it is fertile, available, and desirable, its sex organs oozing with nectar. Its smell reminds us… — Diane Ackerman
A man will do astonishing things for a woman he is ardent about. — Celeste Bradley
In truth you cannot understand the nature of My Reality, either today, or even after a thousand years of steady austerity or ardent inquiry, even… — Sathya Sai Baba
And the fifteenth century was an impassioned age, so ardent and serious in its pursuit of art that it consecrated everything with which art had… — Walter Pater
When my heart is cold and I cannot pray as I should I scourge myself with the thought of the impiety and ingratitude of my… — Martin Luther
Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly moral, thoroughly Catholic, and that… — Flannery O'Connor
Im an ardent Trekkie and I look forward to the United Federation of Planets. — Mike Oldfield
Even the most ardent environmentalist doesn't really want to stop pollution. If he thinks about it, and doesn't just talk about it, he wants to… — Milton Friedman
There is no basis for the ardent hopes and positive statements made as to the safe and successful use of the dirigible balloon or flying… — George W. Melville
I was forced, through seeing the error of their foundation, to abandon all belief in every religion which had been taught to man. But my… — Robert Owen
How many hopes and fears, how many ardent wishes and anxious apprehensions are twisted together in the threads that connect the parent with the child! — Samuel Griswold Goodrich
True, He is infinite Majesty, but He is also infinite Goodness and infinite Love. There can be no greater Lord than God; neither can there… — Alphonsus Liguori
Love, even of the most ardent and soul-destroying kind, is never caught by the lens of the camera. — William Maxwell
Non-African missionaries, responding generously to the Lord's call with ardent apostolic zeal, came to share the joy of revelation. Following in their footsteps, Africans are… — Pope Benedict XVI
Love is not a mere emotion or sentiment. It is the lucid and ardent responses of the whole person to a value that is revealed… — Thomas Merton
Ardent, intelligent, sweet, sensitive, cultivated, erudite. These are the adjectives of praise in an androgynous world. Those who consider them epithets of shame or folly… — Carolyn Heilbrun
The Ardent Hymn that Unites Peoples. — Pablo Neruda

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