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Passionate Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- The necessary has never been man's top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human…
- In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued.
- There is a close connection between lack of confidence and the passionate state of mind.
- Passionate intensity may serve as a substitute for confidence.
- The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness…
- Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skill. Where there is the necessary…
- Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something we already have. It is…
- Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
- There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.
- Animals often strike us as passionate machines.
- Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where…
- Passionate hatreds can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. These people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new…
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- When I get on stage, my first goal is not to show my expertise, but on the contrary, to give a bit… — Andrea Bocelli
- If you're passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it. — Bette Midler
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- My husband is a former Air Force pilot and my son is an active duty Army surgeon, recently returned from Iraq, so… — Robyn Carr