Passion Quotes

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Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them. — Thomas Aquinas
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion. — Thomas Aquinas
If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around… — Sam Walton
If there were a prerequisite for the future successful digital creative, it would be the passion for discovery. — John Maeda
Wide open and unguarded stand our gates And through them presses a wild motley throng Men from the Volga and the Tartar steppes Featureless figures… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Passions are likened best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb. — Walter Raleigh
We've poisoned the air, the water, and the land. In our passion to control nature, things have gone out of control. Progress from now on… — Robert Redford
Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions. Monkeys redden from passion but it would take an overwhelming amount of evidence to… — Charles Darwin
There may be in every government a few choice spirits, who may act from more worthy motives. One great error is that we suppose mankind… — Alexander Hamilton
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. — Alexander Hamilton
Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions. — Alexander Hamilton
The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses. — Alexander Hamilton
Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over human conduct than… — Alexander Hamilton
The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide them, for opposition… — Alexander Hamilton
Take mankind in general, they are vicious-their passions may be operated upon. — Alexander Hamilton
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a truth well understood by our… — Alexander Hamilton
In all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess, there is danger where men… — Alexander Hamilton
It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom & passion. — Steve Winwood
Passion, not pedigree, will win in the end. — Jon Bon Jovi
Strive to be the best you can be...focus, watch, listen, and learn. Try never to be satisfied with 'good enough'...and above all, love what you… — Robby Naish
My three keys to success: One, work hard. Two, be your own person. And three, have a passion for what you're doing. — Juli Inkster
It happens, I do not know how, that most of the proud never really discover their true selves. They think they have conquered their passions… — John Climacus
An angel fell from Heaven without any other passion except pride, and so we may ask whether it is possible to ascend to Heaven by… — John Climacus
Universal appreciation of art... belongs to those countries and those ages which are not, or were not, ruled by materialism. Though travel was never so… — Walter J. Phillips
Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion. — Tony Hsieh

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