Ardour Quotes

22 quotes by 18 authors

Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto neither their subtlety nor the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
When your weapons are dulled and ardour damped, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, neighboring rulers will take advantage of your distress to act. And… — Sun Tzu
It is odd to watch with what feverish ardour Americans pursue prosperity, ever tormented by the shadowy suspicion that they might not have chosen the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
There is something in the ardour and ingenousness of youth, which is particularly pleasing to the contemplation of an old man, if his feelings have… — Ann Radcliffe
From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour, — Julia Margaret Cameron
From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour, and it has become to me as a living thing, with voice and… — Julia Margaret Cameron
...for chess, that superb, cold, infinitely satisfying anodyne to life, I feel the ardour of a lover, the humility of a disciple. — H. Russell Wakefield
Our great need is not ardour to save man but courage to face God - courage to face God with our soul as it is,… — Peter Forsyth
But to the particular species of excellence men are directed, not by an ascendant planet or predominating humour, but by the first book which they… — Samuel Johnson
The mysteries of a universe made of drops of fire and clods of mud do not concern us in the least. The fate of humanity… — Joseph Conrad
Every mental pursuit takes its reality and worth from the ardour of the pursuer. — John Keats
The quality of life, which in the ardour of spring was personal and sexual, becomes social in midsummer. — Henry Beston
The number of such as live without the ardour of inquiry is very small, though many content themselves with cheap amusements, and waste their lives… — Samuel Johnson
...a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his… — Samuel Johnson
If our lives are dominated by a search for happiness, then perhaps few activities reveal as much about the dynamics of this quest - in… — Alain de Botton
The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour. — Karl Marx
We kissed, then, and the ardour of her kiss stole my breath away. I returned her passion with all the fervor I possessed. A lifetime… — Stephen R. Lawhead
For my part I am very sorry for him. It is an uneasy lot at best, to be what we call highly taught and yet… — George Eliot
she was aware of his love - how could she not? She perceived it every time he looked at her. He was not demonstrative, but… — Cecilia Dart-Thornton
It would be inappropiate, undignified, at 38, to conduct friendships or love affairs with the ardour or intensity of a 22 year old. Falling in… — David Nicholls

Who Wrote These Ardour Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 22 Ardour Quotes as follows: