Passions Quotes

943 Passions quotes by 610 unique authors

The strongest passions and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venal love of fame, are all in conspiracy… — James Madison
To judge from the history of mankind, we shall be compelled to conclude, that the fiery and destructive passions of war, reign in the human… — Alexander Hamilton
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Christianity persecuted, tortured, and burned. Like a hound it tracked the very scent of heresy. It kindled wars, and nursed furious hatreds and ambitions... Man,… — George Santayana
Admiration is one of the most bewitching, enthusiastic passions of the mind; and every common moralist knows that it arises from novelty and surprise, the… — William Warburton
The heart is the place where we live our passions. It is frail and easily broken, but wonderfully resilient. There is no point in trying… — Leo Buscaglia
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools;… — Margaret of Valois
To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude. — Joseph Addison
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses. — Laozi
Dance where you can break yourself up to pieces and totally abandon your worldly passions. — Unknown Author
Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to… — Samuel Johnson
It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted. — Seneca the Younger
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made for a moral… — John Quincy Adams
It is the misfortune of all miscellaneous political combinations, that with the purest motives of their more generous members are ever mixed the most sordid… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The way to avoid evil is not by maiming our passions, but by compelling them to yield their vigor to our moral nature. — Henry Ward Beecher
Not perhaps until later life, until the follies, passions, and selfishness of youth have died out, do we . . . recognize the the inestimable… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our… — Seneca the Younger
We all have those things that even in the midst of stress and disarray, they energize us and give us renewed strength and purpose. These… — Adam Braun
My real passions are horses and playing polo. I care a lot about that and staying fit and in shape. — Nacho Figueras
My mom has always been my support system. She taught me to never give up and to keep pursuing my passions no matter what. — Mandy Moore
Conflicts are never caused in any simple way by identity, culture or economics. Where resources are scarce, or there are strong historical memories of conflict,… — Geoff Mulgan
My future is full - it is limitless - and my passions for America will remain. — Michele Bachmann
One of my passions is photography. I always carry a camera in my bag whenever I travel. I always take pictures wherever I go, and… — Sunidhi Chauhan
Music, architecture and pictures have always been my passions, and all that material wealth has meant for me, is being able to have some of… — Andrew Lloyd Webber

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