Passions Quotes

943 Passions quotes by 610 unique authors

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
The Lord is well aware of our mortality. He knows our weaknesses. He understands the challenges of our everyday lives. He has great empathy for… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Human character is smaller now, people don't have durable passions; they've replaced passions with excitement. — Saul Bellow
The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times. — Charles de Gaulle
Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for the first time… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The Oresteia, King Lear, Dostoevsky's The Devils no less than the art of Giotto or the Passions of Bach, inquire into, dramatize, the relations of… — George Steiner
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is… — Benjamin Franklin
Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Countless as the sands of the sea are human passions. — Nikolai Gogol
When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions is what makes life rich. You need your passions. — Daniel Goleman
All thoughts, all passions, all delights Whatever stirs this mortal frame All are but ministers of Love And feed His sacred flame. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Blogging is a great way to show your talents and interests to prospective employers, while adding an edge to your resume. If you blog consistently… — Lauren Conrad
The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self. — Charles Horton Cooley
The passions are the same in every conflict, large or small. — Mason Cooley
In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same. — Mason Cooley
My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet. — Mason Cooley
Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera. — Mason Cooley
One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God. — Anna Julia Cooper
Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music… — Bill Cosby
I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies. — Elvis Costello
My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose. — Bette Davis
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things. — Denis Diderot
To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like… — Denis Diderot
One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of man's suffering to them. One forgets that they are also the source of all his… — Denis Diderot
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

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