Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

We do that in our zeal our calmer moment would be afraid to answer.

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.

Everything I've done I've done with enthusiasm and passion.

Passion is the drunkenness of the mind.

Passion is just something that comes naturally to me.

The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who... burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. For what is enthusiasm but the oblivion and swallowing-up of self in an object dearer than self?

Passion is what makes life interesting, what ignites our soul, drives our curiosity, fuels our love and carries our friendship, stimulates our intellect, and pushes our limit.... A passion for life is contagious and uplifting. Passion cuts both ways.... Those that make you feel on top of the world are equally able to turnit upside down.

Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.

I have more zeal than wit.

I am very mistrustful of people who are constantly over intellectualising things. It kills passion. You have to allow yourself to lose control from time to time.

Enthusiasm is of the greatest value, so long as we are not carried away by it.

If you're not passionate, you achieve mediocrity

Without fanaticism we cannot accomplish anything.

I like when people are very passionate about what they want to write about. Even if it's silly, you can be very passionate about it.

Enthusiasm gives life to what is invisible; and interest to what has no immediate action on our comfort in this world.

You have to have passion for what you're doing.

Oh, my passion! That is what finally carried me through. Let passion burn all the way, heating up every layer of the psyche.

I didn't lose my mind, it was mine to give away

Passion always goes, and boredom stays.

Many people think passion is a fuzzy feeling that makes taking action effortless. In fact, it's the gritty courage and tenacity to forge onward.

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

Enthusiasm is a kind of faith that has been set afire

I'm passionate about everything, actually. I'm passionate about life.

It would seem that zeal is not an effect of love. For zeal is a beginning of contention.