Passions Quotes

943 Passions quotes by 610 unique authors

Take lots of time for yourself, discovering yourself-pursue not only a profession but other life passions, I always make time to rock climb or hike… — Sarah Silverman
Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practice; since he… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Will without intellect is the most vulgar and common thing in the world, possessed by every blockhead, who, in the gratification of his passions, shows… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Humane sentiments are baseless, mad, and improper; they are incredibly feeble; never do they withstand the gainsaying passions, never do they resist bare necessity. — Marquis de Sade
The Masonic system represents a stupendous and beautiful fabric, founded on universal purity, to rule and direct our passions, to have faith and love in… — William Howard Taft
Independent of its connection with human destiny hereafter, the fate of republican government is indissolubly bound up with the fate of the Christian religion, and… — Lewis Cass
There is no liberty to men whose passions are stronger than their religious feelings; there is no liberty to men in whom ignorance predominates over… — Henry Ward Beecher
Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your… — Michelangelo
In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting… — George Washington
The Devil endeavours by every means to keep men in error, in the enticement of the passions, in darkness of mind and heart; in pride,… — John of Kronstadt
Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions, and a girl in the hurry of preparation, or tumult of gaiety, has neither inclination nor… — Samuel Johnson
No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the corruption… — Samuel Johnson
I am a man of passions, capable of and subject to doing more or less foolish things- which I happen to regret, more or less,… — Vincent Van Gogh
Understand then all of you, especially the young, that to want to impose an imaginary state of government on others by violence is not only… — Leo Tolstoy
Is the devil to have all the passions as well as all the good tunes? — George Bernard Shaw
Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good? — Zebulon Pike
Everyone is passionate about something. Usually more than one thing. We are born with it. There are always going to be things we love to… — Mark Cuban
When you're passionate about God, you can trust your passions. — Erwin McManus
No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be seen to peer… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
We must perpetually try to distinguish, however closely they get entwined by the subtle nature of the facts and by the secret importunity of our… — C.S. Lewis
God is the one goal of all our passions and emotions. If you want to be angry, be angry with Him. Chide your Beloved, chide… — Swami Vivekananda
To create today is to create dangerously. Any publication is an act, and that act exposes one to the passions of an age that forgives… — Albert Camus
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 passions drive me to the typewriter every day of my life, and they have driven me there since I was twelve. So I never… — Ray Bradbury

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