Frenzy Quote by Laurence Sterne

A sense of urgency is motivating.

— Jen Sincero

“William James, in his “Talks to Teachers,” derided that “ceaseless frenzy” in which we always feel that we “should be doing something else.” The…

— Ernest Kurtz

We communicate with passion and passion persuades.

— Anita Roddick

There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.

— Eric Hoffer

“Frenzy destroys our inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of our work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes…

— Thomas Merton

Passion mutates into procedures, into rules and roles. Instead of purpose, we focus on policies. Instead of being free to create, we impose constraints…

— Margaret J. Wheatley

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after

— Alexander Pope

The passions and commitments that ignited my activity as a student are the same passions and commitments that I have today.

— Bill Ayers

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

— Blaise Pascal

There are moments when our passions speak and decide for us ... like a fire kindled within our being to which everything else in…

— George Eliot

Once something is a passion, the motivation is there.

— Michael Schumacher

The less passion there is, the better we work. The calmer we are the better for us and the more the amount of work…

— Swami Vivekananda