A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
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A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
To love in the sense of passion-love is the contrary of to live. It is an impoverishment of one's being, an askesis without sequel, an inability to enjoy the present without imagining it as absent, a never-ending flight from possession.
One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.
He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
There is always some madness in love.
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every English journalist for the game, most of the game is played with passion, love for football and instinct, but in football you also have to think.
The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind.
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.
Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.
Isn't it grand, isn't it good, that language has only one word for everything we associate with love - from utter sanctity to the most fleshly lust? The result is perfect clarity in ambiguity, for love cannot be disembodied even in its most sanctified forms, nor is it without sanctity even at its most fleshly. Love is always simply itself, both as a subtle affirmation of life and as the highest passion; love is our sympathy with organic life.
If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.
Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.
This isn't right. This isn't even wrong.
We lie in each other's arms eyes shut and fingers open and all the colors of the world pass through our bodies like strings of fire.
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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