Passionate Quotes

1162 Passionate quotes by 937 unique authors

Survival is not possible if the best of us lack all conviction, while the worst of us are full of passionate intensity. — John Silber
We find the most terrible form of atheism, not in the militant and passionate struggle against the idea of God himself, but in the practical… — Nikolai Berdyaev
There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellowed richness on the clustered trees, And, from a beaker full of richest dyes, Pouring new glory… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading. — Rufus Choate
The educated man had throughout the ages found a way to covert passionate activity into silent and motionless pleasure. He can sit still in a… — Jacques Barzun
The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of making a mistake, won't in… — Thomas Carlyle
Passionate love is a quenchless thirst.... — Khalil Gibran
I feel like a total hippie right now. I'm passionate about all sorts of things - a lot of boring, cuddly Hallmark things, to be… — Dreama Walker
Older, younger, anyone can help. We've learned that our legislators listen, and people with passionate and thoughtful concerns make a difference every day. We've had… — Doris Day
Humanity is outraged in me and with me. We must not dissimulate nor try to forget this indignation, which is one of the most passionate… — George Sand
I'm doing what I think I was put on this earth to do. And I'm really grateful to have something that I'm passionate about and… — Marian Wright Edelman
If you want to know where I come by the passionate commitment I have to bringing people together without regard to race, it all started… — William J. Clinton
When you are passionate, you always have your destination in sight and you are not distracted by obstacles. Because you love what you are pursuing,… — Mike Krzyzewski
When we learn to say a deep, passionate yes to the things that really matter, then peace begins to settle onto our lives like golden… — Thomas Kinkade
Tenderness is greater proof of love than the most passionate of vows. — Marlene Dietrich
Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes. — Martin Short
The folks who go after grand challenges are impatient. They're pissed off. They're sick and tired, but in a passionate way. They're driven by a… — Peter Diamandis
One has to believe in what one is doing, one has to commit oneself inwardly, in order to do painting. Once obsessed, one ultimately carries… — Robert Rauschenberg
Our desires presage the capacities within us; they are harbingers of what we shall be able to accomplish. What we can do and want to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When natural inclination develops into a passionate desire, one advances towards his goal in seven-league boots. — Nikola Tesla
I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete. A composer can have all the talent of Mozart and a passionate desire to succeed, but if he… — Martin Seligman
Scheele, it was said, never forgot anything if it had to do with chemistry. He never forgot the look, the feel, the smell of a… — Oliver Sacks
What is a scientist?... We give the name scientist to the type of man who has felt experiment to be a means guiding him to… — Maria Montessori
Nothing is more despicable than the old age of a passionate man. When the vigour of youth fails him, and his amusements pall with frequent… — Lyndon B. Johnson
You have to have a passion for your work. How can we expect people to be passionate if you, as their coach, does not have… — Lord Byron

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