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

Quote by Hebbel

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If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only...

If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only...

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts...

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts...

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses

Reason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational.

Reason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational.

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

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

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

Religion is the highest vanity.

Religion is the highest vanity.

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious...

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Action without thought is like shooting without aim.

Action without thought is like shooting without aim.

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But...

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But...

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The...

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The...

Promise little and do much

Promise little and do much

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from...

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from...

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

Words that do not match deeds are unimportant

Words that do not match deeds are unimportant

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is...

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is...

Thought is, perhaps, the forerunner and even the mother of ideas, and ideas are the...

Thought is, perhaps, the forerunner and even the mother of ideas, and ideas are the...