Ruling Passion Quotes
11 quotes by 8 authors
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To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.
— Richard Whately
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This position will not be disputed, so long as it is admitted that the desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Freud was way off base in considering sex the fundamental motivation. The ruling passion in men is minding each other's business.
— Robert Frost
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Since the age of 15 poetry has been my ruling passion and I have never intentionally undertaken any task or formed any relationship that seemed…
— Robert Graves
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In men, we various ruling passions find; In women, two almost divide the kind Those, only fixed, they first or last obey, The love of…
— Alexander Pope
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One desire has been the ruling passion of my life. One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul. and sooner…
— Abraham Kuyper
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Search then the ruling passion: This clue, once found, unravels all the rest.
— Alexander Pope
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My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker…
— Bell Hooks
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Search then the ruling passion; there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known; The fool consistent, and the false sincere; Priests, princes, women,…
— Alexander Pope
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Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should be…
— Abraham Flexner
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The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.
— Alexander Pope
Who Wrote These Ruling Passion Quotes
8 authors contributed a total of 11 Ruling Passion Quotes as follows: