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Quotations: Passion, enthusiasm

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Worrying is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.
— Unknown

Nothing is too much trouble.
— Edward Kirby Bonds

To perceive is to suffer.
— Aristotle, Greek philosopher (384-322 B.C.)

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
— Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet), French author, wit and philosopher (1694-1778)

The gem cannot be polished without friction.
— Chinese proverb

Adversity introduces a man to himself.
— Unknown

We cannot learn without pain.
— Aristotle, Greek philosopher (384-322 B.C.)

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.
— Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (1265-1321)

You should not suffer the past. You should be able to wear it like a loose garment, take it off and let it drop.
— Eva Jessye, American musician and author (1895-1992)

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
— Aristotle, Greek philosopher (384-322 B.C.)

Reason alone is insufficient to make us enthusiastic in any matter.
— François duc de la Rochefoucauld, French epigrammatist (1613-1680)

What a man accomplishes in a day depends upon the way in which he approaches his tasks. When we accept tough jobs as a challenge...and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen. When we do our work with a dynamic conquering spirit, we get things done.
— Arland Gilbert

Zeal will do more than knowledge.
— William Hazlitt, English essayist and literary critic (1778-1830)

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
— Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (1901-1978)

The conclusions of passion are the only reliable ones.
— Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813-1855)

Make no little plans! They have no magic to stir mens blood.
— Daniel Burnham, 19th-century Chicago architect

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, public philosopher and poet (1803-1882)

The two sovereign remedies for dullness are love or a crusade.
— D.H. Lawrence, English novelist (1885-1930)

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness...never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
— Lord Chesterfield, English man of letters (1694-1773)

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