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

Quote by Hebbel

Topics: Greatness Quotes, Passion Quotes

Religion is the highest vanity.

Religion is the highest vanity.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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...

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing...

We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing...

An optimist is a person who takes action, who moves out ahead of the crowd.

An optimist is a person who takes action, who moves out ahead of the crowd.

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the...

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the...

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

It was our preparation, knowledge and experience that kept us alive.

It was our preparation, knowledge and experience that kept us alive.

Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, help to make earth happy, like heaven...

Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, help to make earth happy, like heaven...

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by...

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by...

The great trouble with most men is that those who have been educated become uneducated...

The great trouble with most men is that those who have been educated become uneducated...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...