Quotes About Passion

If you have a great work in your head, nothing else thrives near it; all other thoughts are repelled, and the pleasure of life itself is for the time lost.

Ganz war mein Herz an deiner Seite Und jeder Atemzug für dich.

Blood is a juice of rarest quality.

Duas almas, oh! moram dentro do meu peito, E aí lutam por um indivisível reino; Uma aspira pela terra, com vontade apaixonada Às íntimas entranhas ainda está ligada. Acima das névoas, a outro aspira, de certeza, Com ardor sagrado por esferas onde reine a pureza

This is another one of those creatures whom, like the pelican, I have fed with the blood of my own heart... There were special circumstances close at hand, urgent, troubling me, and they resulted in the state of mind that produced Werther. I had lived, loved, and suffered much... That's what it was.

Da fing mein Leben an, als ich dich liebte.

This life of earth, whatever my attire, Would pain me in its wonted fashion. Too old am I to play with passion; Too young, to be without desire.

So give me back that time again, When I was still 'becoming', [185] When words gushed like a fountain In new, and endless flowing, Then for me mists veiled the world, In every bud the wonder glowed, A thousand flowers I unfurled, [190] That every valley, richly, showed. I had nothing, yet enough: Joy in illusion, thirst for truth. Give every passion, free to move, The deepest bliss, filled with pain, [195] The force of hate, the power of love, Oh, give me back my youth again!

Siento tantas cosas..., y mi pasión por ella lo devora todo! ¡Tantas cosas! . . . ¡Y sin ella todo se reduce a nada!

It's very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it's really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.

Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.

I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.

You cant write about stuff you dont know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter.

A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life worth living.

Our goal should be that we're going to live life to the fullest, pursuing our passions and dreams, and when it comes our time to go, we will have used as much of our potential as possible.

Desire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.

Don't coast through life without a passion.

If you follow your bliss you will find a path laid out before you that has been waiting for you all along and you will begin to live the life you ought to be living.

Develop an enthusiasm for life, create a need for more life, and you will receive more life.

If you give up your quiet life, the bow of Cupid will lose its power.

Live life to the fullest.

To paraphrase a deceased patriot, I regret that I have only one life to give to my fly-fishing.

People talk about songwriting or comedy as creative expression, but life is creative expression. Table-making, even nursing, is extraordinarily creative.

And my little sister Chrissy, for teaching me that life is nothing if you're not obsessed.