Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Where passion leads or prudence points the way.

Where passion leads or prudence points the way.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and read more

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron read more

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 it's spark.

O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth!
Then with passion would I shake the world,
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O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth!
Then with passion would I shake the world,
And rouse from sleep that fell anatomy
Which cannot hear a lady's feeble voice,
Which scorns a modern invocation.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

And beauty, for confiding youth,
Those shocks of passion can prepare
That kill the bloom before its read more

And beauty, for confiding youth,
Those shocks of passion can prepare
That kill the bloom before its time,
And blanch, without the owner's crime,
The most resplendent hair.

We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.

We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.