5,588 Quotes About Passion

When Men are irritated, and the Passions inflamed, they fly hastily and cheerfully to Arms; but after the first emotions are over, to expect, among such People, as compose the bulk of an Army, that they are influenced by any other principles than those of Interest, is to look for what never did, and I fear never will happen

If a passion for freedom is not in vogue, patriots may sound the alarm till they are weary. The Act of Habeas Corpus, by which prisoners may insist on being brought to trial within a limited time, is the corner stone of our liberty.

It would be of great use to us to form our deliberate judgments of persons and things in the calmest and serenest hours of life, when the passions of nature are all silent, and the mind enjoys its most perfect composure.

The passions are the gales of life; and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest.

Creative artists have great passion.

Passion is the breath we take, the water we drink to sustain ourselves. Without air and water we perish; without passion an artist will wither and blow away.

When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.

Love, the most generous passion of the mind The softest refuge innocence can find

Envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that nobody ever had the confidence to own it.