Passionate Quotes

• We must act out passion before we can feel it.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Passion

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• 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.

  T. S. Eliot

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F.H. Bradley". Book by T. S. Eliot, ch. 1, Columbia University Press (quoting Doctoral dissertation in philosophy; submitted to Harvard in 1916), 1964.

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• Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Inspirational, Passion, Important

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• You have to be burning with "an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right." If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.

  Steve Jobs

  Motivational, Leadership, Passion

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  Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.

  Nelson Mandela

  Success, Independent, Rise Above

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.112, Pan Macmillan

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• If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.

  Wanda Sykes

  Inspirational, Passion, Wish

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• So try to pursue the very things that you are passionate about- that is the difference between good and great!

  Shawn Doyle

  Passion, Differences, Trying

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• What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.

  Barbra Streisand

  Strength, Crazy, Two

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  Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

  Harriet Tubman

  Inspiring, Dream, Passion

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• There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions – in a way that serves the world and you.

  Richard Branson

  Powerful, Passion, World

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• Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Positive, Confidence

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• The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "The 32nd Infantry Division in World War II". Book by Harold Whittle Blakeley, 1957.

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• Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Change, Work, Struggle

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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  One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.

  E. M. Forster

  Football, Motivation, Passion

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• Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

  Julia Child

  Inspirational, Leadership, Sports

  FaceBook post by Julia Child from Sep 01, 2013

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• If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love, Inspirational, Positive

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• Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Perfect, Mind, Consciousness

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• Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Passion, Men, Iron

  Entry for December 17, 1856. "Journal Intime". Book by Henri-Frédéric Amiel, 1882.

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• There is no greatness without passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Passion, Athlete

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Feb 06, 2017

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• I need to be surrounded by people as passionate and as dedicated as I am.

  Lauryn Hill

  People, Needs, Dedicated

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Chase your passion, not your pension.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Life, Business

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• 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?

  Joss Whedon

  Lying, Sleep, Passion

  "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". www.imdb.com. 1997-2003.

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• Independent record stores are like a casino where you put down your money and you always win. How amazing to discover gems you didn't know about, to meet someone more passionate than you are, and to feel at home in a place you may never have been to before. I'm convinced they will never lose their place - Long may they rule.

  KT Tunstall

  Home, Independent, Winning

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• It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom. Each, in its utmost development, supposes a high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; each renders one individual dependent for the food of his affections and spiritual life upon another; each leaves the passionate lover, or the no less passionate hater, forlorn and desolate by the withdrawal of his object.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Spiritual, Hate, Heart

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (2010). “The Scarlet Letter”, p.225, Bibliolis Books

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• Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.

  Deepak Chopra

  Inspirational, Real, Passion

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