Own Passions Quotes

21 quotes by 21 authors

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions. — Samuel Johnson
Each day look into your conscience and amend your faults; if you fail in this duty you will be untrue to the Knowledge and Reason… — Khalil Gibran
What bitter anguish would not the people of Athens have often escaped if their government had contained so provident a safeguard against tyranny of their… — Alexander Hamilton
Any man who is attached to things of this world is one who lives in ignorance and is being consumed by the snakes of his… — Black Elk
Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological problems of human… — Uta Hagen
My advice for climbers or photographers is to really tune into your own passions and not just what other people are doing or aren't doing.… — Galen Rowell
Vain indeed is all overweening pride in the conquest even of the entire universe if one has not conquered one's own passions. — Sri Aurobindo
The first step to be taken by one who wishes to follow Christ is, according to Our Lordâ€™s own words, that of renouncing himself -… — St. Vincent
The thing I got to thinking about,' he said, 'is--what are the conditions that lead to larger portions of society being generous, humble, and selfless?… — Warren St. John
... those who sit in the darkness of passions and whose minds are blinded by ignorance, or, rather, those who have not acquired the 'mind… — Symeon the New Theologian
I'm pretty upfront about my love and admiration for the military. One of the perks of making movies is that you get to sort of… — Peter Berg
Artists are visited by the Muses, or tormented by their own passions and demons. — Wes Nisker
Princes rule the people, and their own passions rule Princes; but Providence can over-rule the whole, and draw the instruments of his inscrutable purposes from… — Charles Caleb Colton
Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion… — Benjamin Disraeli
Converting your own passions into a job is the fastest method for eliminating any passion you once had. — Tim Ferriss
Serving one's own passions is the greatest slavery. — Thomas Fuller
What is a Poet? He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness,… — William Wordsworth
The poetry of history lies in the quasi-miraculous fact that Once, on this earth, on this familiar spot of ground, walked other men and women,… — G. M. Trevelyan
Men wholly bent on wordly treasures were the dupes of their own passions, rather than deceived by the writings or pretenses of those who claimed… — Ethan A. Hitchcock
To be worthy of the name, he must be free of two things; the force of tradition and tyranny of his own passions. — Bertrand Russell

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