Ardent Quotes

146 Ardent quotes by 127 unique authors

The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again… — George Eliot
Must it ever be thus-that the source of our happiness must also be the fountain of our misery? The full and ardent sentiment which animated… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy. — Charles Williams
Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent. If… — Mother Teresa
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to… — Alexander Hamilton
We are not mad. We are human.We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths… — Leonard Cohen
If you took the most ardent revolutionary, vested him in absolute power, within a year he would be worse than the Tsar himself. — Mikhail Bakunin
God requires a faithful fulfillment of the merest trifle given us to do, rather than the most ardent aspiration to things to which we are… — Saint Francis de Sales
Democratic communities have a natural taste for freedom: left to themselves they will seek it, cherish it, and view any deprivation of it with regret.… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it. — Bayard Taylor
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to… — Alexander Hamilton
No design, no matter how common or seemingly insignificant, is without its adamant critics as well as its ardent admirers. — Henry Petroski
Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on. — Richard Cecil
If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of potential -- for the… — Soren Kierkegaard
Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest: Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers: Love, nightmare-like, lies heavy on my chest, And weaves itself into… — William S Gilbert
So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and… — Blaise Pascal
Unlimited wisdom and ardent resolve arise from a sense of responsibility. — Senoraroy
The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flagstick on top. — Pete Dye
No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage. It is,… — Thomas Jefferson
The sun is sleeping quietly once upon a century. Wistful oceans calm and red Ardent caresses laid to rest. — Nightwish
Falling in love is very real, but I used to shake my head when people talked about soul mates, poor deluded individuals grasping at some… — Unknown Author

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