P Quotes
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“Passion, this absolute desire that can never be filled when it is driven by the absence of the other.”
“Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.”
Source: Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1824-1838
“Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.”
“Passion--it's the driving force that you just can't ignore. It's what will make your new adventure seem more like fun, than work. It's the difference between wanting to start a business and craving it.”
“Passion. Confidence. Gratitude. The possibility of making positive change in the world. It's the sort of "spark" one gets the moment they decide to go after what they want, really fight for it, work hard, and not give up. I love that spark; it's beautifully contagious.”
“Passion. It can be used to describe the beauty of an earth-shaking meeting between two people, but it isn't just that. It's there in the excitement of the unexpected, in the desire to do something with real fervour, in the certainty that one is going to realise a dream. Passion sends us signals that guide us through our lives.”
“Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we'd know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion, we'd be truly dead.”
“Passion. The life of an entrepreneur is occasionally exhilarating, and almost always exhausting. Only unbridled passion for the concept is likely to see you through the 17-hour days (month after month) and the painful mistakes that are part and parcel of the start-up process.”
Source: The Pursuit of Wow!: Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times
“Passion... it lies in all of us. Sleeping, waiting, and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir, open its jaws, and howl. It speaks to us, guides us... passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have?”
“Passionate and forcefully argued, Tar Sands is a wake-up call not just to Canadians but to the wider world to take a serious look at what is happening in northern Alberta. To call this book a polemic is a compliment.”
“Passionate attachment to another nation produces a variety of evils... the illusion of common interests where no real common interests exist; adopting the enmities of the other; and participation in the quarrels and wars of the other without any justification. Still another evil is that such a passionate attachment gives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citizens the facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country.”
“Passionate attraction to someone of the opposite sex will make a hero or a fool of a novelist each time.”
Source: The Love of Europa: Limited Time Edition
“Passionate conviction ... sparks romances, wins battles, and drives people to pursue dreams others wouldn't dare. Belief in ourselves and in what is right catapults us over hurdles, and our lives unfold.”
Source: Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul
“Passionate determination creates a tenacity that is insurmountable.”
“Passionate expression and vehement assertion are no arguments, unless it be of the weakness of the cause that is defended by them, or of the man that defends it.”
“Passionate grave thought,
belief enhanced,
ritual returned and magic.”
Source: Collected Poems 1912-1944
“Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.”
Source: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
“Passionate ideological opposition to race preferences does not seem to be part of the Bush DNA, and President Bush has been no exception to this rule . . . It is not the legitimate business of government in America to promote 'diversity.'”
“Passionate. Innocent. She resembled all this fresh summer enchantment.”
“Passionate intensity may serve as a substitute for confidence.”
Source: The Ordeal of Change
“Passionate investment leaves us vulnerable to loss. And sometimes, no matter how clever we are, we must lose.”
Source: Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Ex
“Passionate jealousy is not a good foster-parent for prudence.”
Source: The Essential Elinor Glyn Collection
“Passionate leaders driven by passionate beliefs draw passionate followers.”
Source: The Conviction to Lead: 25 Principles for Leadership That Matters
“Passionate life is the beauty of a sacred-existence.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“Passionate living is the soul of success.”
Source: Magnificent Mind at Any Age: Natural Ways to Unleash Your Brain's Maximum Potential
“Passionate love is a quenchless thirst.”
“Passionate love relentlessly twists a chord
under my heart and spreads deep mist on my eyes,
stealing the unguarded brains from my head.”
“Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable.”
Source: The Bertrams: A Novel
“Passionate people are always ready to stand for their dreams even if no one stand with them. They vote and vote alone for their dreams but never loss their nomination for excellent leadership!”
Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“Passionate people are great about discovering what lights their fire and going for it. They might be encouraged by others who share their passion, but they don’t rely on others to tell them what they need to do or how they need to do it.”
Source: The Art of Being: 8 Ways to Optimize Your Presence & Essence for Positive Impact
“Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear.”
“Passionate people say to their obstacles “I may fall, I may lose everything I have, but if I still get me, you are still in trouble because am coming back and when I come back, you are doomed”. Passion is a serious secret that sailed people to the top!”
Source: Dream big!: See your bigger picture!
“Passionate smokers always welcome the peace-pipe without hesitation.”
Source: The New Land
“Passionate worship always leads to personal witness. Always. And what that means is . . . if we’re not witnessing, there’s a problem with our worship. We’re not seeing God for who He is! We’re not realizing what He’s done! We’re not realizing the magnitude of what He’s done for our souls!”
“Passionate, organized hatred is the element missing in all that we do to try to change the world. Now is the time to spread hate, hatred for the rich.”
“passionately chasing my self-love story and becoming the version of me that i fall in love with… and then letting everything else find me there.”
Source: wild spirit, soft heart
“Passionately develop a positive and pragmatic psychology; a fine skill set; strategic thinking; and execution effectiveness.”
Source: Young Leaders 3.0: Stories, Insights, and Tips for Next-Generation Achievers
“Passionately embrace your sacred existence.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“Passionately enjoy life!”
“Passionately obsessed by anything we love - an avalanche of magic flattens the way ahead, levels, rules, reasons, dissents, bears us with it over chasms, fears, doubts. Without the power of that love.”
“Passionately prejudiced people always turn out, under scrutiny, to be people who cannot get along on a footing of equality with anyone.”
“Passionately protest mediocrity.”
“Passionately pursue progress over perfection!”
“Passionless is vulgar ("Metier: Why I Don't Write Like Franz Kafka")”
Source: Why I Don't Write Like Franz Kafka
“Passions are defects or virtues in the highest power.”
Source: The Wisdom of Goethe
“Passions are generally roused from great conflict.”
“Passions are less mischievous than boredom, for passions tend to diminish and boredom increase.”
“Passions are like storms which, full of present mischief, serve to purify the atmosphere.”
“Passions are liken'd best to floods and streams:
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb;
So, when affection yields discourse, it seems
The bottom is but shallow whence they come.
They that are rich in words, in words discover”
“Passions are likened best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.”
Source: The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh: Kt. Political, Commercial, and Philosophical; Together with His Letters and Poems. The Whole Never Before Collected Together, and Some Never Yet Printed. To which is Prefix'd, a New Account of His Life by Tho. Birch