passion quotes

“Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms. ”

— Lord Byron

“Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs. ”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“The passions are the only orators which always persuade.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.”

— Franz Kafka

“The strongest passion is fear.”

— Jean de La Fontaine

“I've always been passionate about geometry and the study of three-dimensional forms.”

— Erno Rubik

“Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn't much. But the things that I'm really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I'm not successful, what do I have? ”

— Eminem

“Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character. ”

— George Washington Bush

“Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them. ”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind. ”

— Thomas Stearns Eliot

“A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance. ”

— Thomas Stearns Eliot

“Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.”

— Edgar Allan Poe

“The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.”

— Audrey Hepburn

“I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.”

— Maya Angelou

“Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“Compassion is no substitute for justice.”

— Rush Limbaugh

“All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.”

— John Locke

passion quotes

“The dew of compassion is a tear.”

“Out of chaos God made a world, and out of high passions comes a people. ”

“Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms. ”

“Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.”

“Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.”

“Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.”

“All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.”

“If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves.”

“If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.”

“Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs. ”

“In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.”

“The passions are the only orators which always persuade.”

“Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.”

“When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.”

“By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.”

“The strongest passion is fear.”

“I've always been passionate about geometry and the study of three-dimensional forms.”

“Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn't much. But the things that I'm really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I'm not successful, what do I have? ”

“Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character. ”

“Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them. ”

“Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right. ”

“It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind. ”

“A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance. ”

“Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant. ”

“With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.”

“The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.”

“I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.”

“Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.”

“Compassion is no substitute for justice.”

“All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.”