PASSION QUOTES IV
quotations about passion
Let all of life be an unfettered howl.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks.
HENRI-FREDERIC AMIEL
Journal Intime
To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
JOSEPH ADDISON
The Spectator, March 5, 1711
If you have vanquished your passion, and not been vanquished by it, you have reason to rejoice.
PLAUTUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Passion is not well bred.
JEANETTE WINTERSON
Written on the Body
I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.... If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.
ROALD DAHL
My Uncle Oswald
Understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
THOMAS HOBBES
Leviathan
The soul is never perfectly secure from the influence of passion; the occasional tranquility she seems to enjoy, is rather relaxation than imperturbable triumph.
NORMAN MACDONALD
Maxims and Moral Reflections
Passion makes a burlesque of the features.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
It is difficult to say which is the greatest evil--to have too violent passions, or to be wholly devoid of them. Controlled with firmness, guided by discretion, and hallowed by the imagination, the passions are the vivifiers and quickeners of our being. Without passion there can be no energy of character. Indeed, the passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways, and dangerous only in one--through their excess.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE
Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
If ardent passions push not men on to lofty enterprise, calm wisdom never will accomplish it.
VITTORIO ALFIERI
Timoleon
We condemn generally the passions of others by other passions either like or unlike.
PASQUIER QUESNEL
attributed, Day's Collacon
All passion becomes strength when it has an outlet.
GEORGE ELIOT
Adam Bede
When the mind is clouded with passions, it is odds but a man misses his way.
WELLINS CALCOTT
Thoughts Moral and Divine
The best fire doesna flare up the soonest.
GEORGE ELIOT
Adam Bede
Passion is an all-important part of a romantic relationship. A marriage without passion can be a very dull, uninteresting union. It, however, is just one part of a happy marriage. All the other virtues should be looked for in a long-term partnership -- unselfishness, generosity, loyalty, honesty, self-control and don't forget industry.
NINA GILFERT
"The topic today is love", Daily Commercial, November 20, 2016
Passion is oxygen of the soul.
BILL BUTLER
attributed, Gauraw, August 29, 2013
Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created freedom where there was nothing but fear. Passion has helped souls rise from the ashes of their horrible lives and build something better, stronger, more beautiful.
JIM BUTCHER
White Night
Men experience many passions in a lifetime. One passion drives away the one before it.
PAUL NEWMAN
attributed, Paul Newman: A Life in Pictures
Everyone's got to be passionate about something, or they're not worth shit.
JOSEPH FINDER
Paranoia