Culture Quote by James Freeman Clarke

Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with the method…

— Oswald Chambers

Earnestness is the devotion of all the faculties.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativity.…

— Denis Diderot

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

— Blaise Pascal

Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to…

— Jose Marti

Very many people go through their whole lives having no real sense of what their talents may be, or if they have any to…

— Anonymous

Talent is not confined to the introduction,,desire is not confined to the introduction, but some are confined to the right times

— Mak_786

I look for that earnest yearning in talent, you may not be the best at what you do, but if you have the passion…

— Shakti Mohan

Earnestness is good; it means business. But fanaticism overdoes, and is consequently reactionary.

— Charles Spurgeon

There has been a genuine willingness from many in the arts sector to try to understand people who are not within the arts elite.

— Munira Mirza

At a time when there is so much tension in the world - between cultures, and nations, and so forth - there is nothing…

— Emma Walton Hamilton

Earnestness is the salt of eloquence.

— Victor Hugo