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1 " 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. "
― Nelson Mandela
2 " I was happy, but happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they are not. Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not. Talking about it is the same as trying to catch the wind. Much easier to let it blow all over you. This is where I disagree with the philosophers. They talk about passionate things but there is no passion in them. Never talk happiness with a philosopher. "
― Jeanette Winterson , The Passion
3 " In stating these matters, I speak an open and disinterested language, dictated by no passion but that of humanity. To me, who have not only refused offers, because I thought them improper, but have declined rewards I might with reputation have accepted, it is no wonder that meanness and imposition appear disgustful. Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good. "
― Thomas Paine , Rights of Man
4 " If you have no passion, you better do something different. "
5 " There is no passion or mission. There is no wisdom or vision.There is only you. "
6 " There is no right or wrong.There is no weak or strong.There is only you.There is no poetry or song. There is no short or long.There is only you.There is no beast or beauty.There is no task or duty.There is only you.There is no passion or mission. There is no wisdom or vision.There is only you.Nothing is there when you're not here.So love yourself and take great care. "
― Debasish Mridha
7 " To have no desire is such a load of bullshit--forgive me for being so blunt. To have no passion in one's life is a cop-out for cowards. "
8 " I was happy but happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they are not. Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not. Talking about it is the same as trying to catch the wind. Much easier to let it blow all over you. This is where I disagree with the philosophers. They talk about passionate things but there is no passion in them. Never talk happiness with a philosopher. "
9 " There is no passion so much transports thesincerity of judgement as doth anger "
― Michel de Montaigne
10 " If you want to be a good parent then be a great leader. You should live a life with passion for someone and something. The legacy you leave your children shouldn't be how you suffered in gratitude for a life you had no passion for. Rather, it should be how grateful you are to a God that believes fairytales can come true because they came true for you. "
― Shannon L. Alder
11 " Who has a right to tell me I have no gift, no talent, no passion ...' he murmured. 'Why do people say those things to you when youre young? Doesn't seem fair, does it?''No, darling, it's not fair,'she said. 'But the mystery is why you listen. "
― Anne Rice , The Wolf Gift (The Wolf Gift Chronicles, #1)
12 " I love opera. Si. But I am old. No passion in my life, you know? I work, I walk slowly now through my years...but opera! I see, I hear that passion, Eva. Is like the passion of youth. And I live again. I feel something. "
― J.J. Brown , Vector a Modern Love Story
13 " It is extremely important to be able to make negative assertions. We must be able to say what is ‘not me’ in order to have a ‘me’. What we like has no meaning unless we know what we don’t like. Our yes has no meaning if we never say no. My chosen profession has no passion if ‘just anyone would do’. Our opinions and thoughts mean very little if there is nothing we disagree with. "
― Henry Cloud , Changes That Heal: The Four Shifts That Make Everything Better…And That Anyone Can Do
14 " There is no passion so much transports the sincerity of judgement as doth anger. "
15 " There is no passion like that of a functionary for his function. "
16 " There is no passion so contagious as that of fear. "
