It may be called the Master Passion, the hunger of self-approval.

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.

God, give us the grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

Accept things to which fate binds you, love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

We can secure other people’s approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.

Now is the accepted time.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

I always love to begin a journey on Sundays, because I shall have the prayers of the church to preserve all that travel by land, or by water.

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.

And, more importantly, reach for the stars. And realize that it is never too late—not now, not ever—for you to pursue you passion, your pursuit of perfection. And most importantly, your perseverance for making it happen.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable.

Why has government been instituted? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason & justice without constraint.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

I have to face life with a newly found passion. I must rediscover the irresistible will to learn, to live and to love.