#passion

For what was your gesture? An act of pure love for Jesus particularly. It was an act so completely focused upon the Christ that not a dram of worldly benefit was gained thereby. Nothing could justify the spillage of some three hundred days' wages, except love alone. [...] The disciples, in fact, were offended by an act that produced nothing, accomplished nothing, fed no poor, served no need. They reproached you as a wastrel. They were offended by the absurd, an act devoted absolutely to love, to love alone. But Jesus called it 'beautiful. ↗

— Walter Wangerin Jr.

#the-passion #beauty

There is this notion that the lives of the comfortable-off middle class don't merit being treated seriously and with compassion. ↗

— William Nicholson

#class #compassion #lives #merit #middle

I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#good #good cook #i #might #occasionally

Just like I find men who talk sports who don't really know sports annoying, I think men might find women who don't really have a true passion and knowledge of sports maybe not so attractive. ↗

— Gabrielle Union

#attractive #find #i #i think #just

I would like to think that if I stop playing in three, four, five years time, whatever it may be, that I would still be involved in football and still have that as my profession. It is my passion and what I know. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#football #four #i #involved #know

Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion. ↗

— Major Owens

#compassion #competing #competition #everybody #such

The nerds are my favourite sort of boys - any guy with a passion - whether it be physics or film or writing or poetry even, I think it's super sweet and it's very attractive for a female. ↗

— Teresa Palmer

#attractive #even #favourite #female #film

We don't do things we aren't good at by nature. I wouldn't play basketball because I'm only 5' 1". Find what you enjoy - whether it's racing, flying a helicopter, being a doctor, or stitching clothes together. Once you've done that, you have the passion you need. ↗

— Danica Patrick

#because #being #clothes #doctor #done

Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this. ↗

— Scott Patterson

#because #bother #doing #even #ever

I envy people with dreams and passions, but I don't think that way. I still don't have a 'bliss' to follow. For people like me - I suspect that's most people - holding out for a 'dream' or a 'passion' is paralyzing. I just like having work I enjoy that feels meaningful. That's hard enough... but it's enough. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#dream #dreams #enjoy #enough #envy