#passion

Success follows those who champion a cause greater than themselves. ↗

— George Alexiou

#attraction #charity #compassion #empowerment #giving

Most of us who turn to any subject with love remember some morning or evening hour when we got on a high stool to reach down an untried volume, or sat with parted lips listening to a new talker, or for very lack of books began to listen to the voices within, as the first traceable beginning of our love. ↗

— George Eliot

#inspiration #knowledge #passion #inspirational

There are men who dig for gold; [Monseigneur Bienvenu] dug for compassion. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#driving-forces #gold #greed #men

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#men

Most men either compromise or drop their greatest talents and start running after, what they perceive to be, a more reasonable success, and somewhere in between they end up with a discontented settlement. Safety is indeed stability, but it is not progression. ↗

— Criss Jami

#consistency #contentment #determination #discontentment #finite

About writing:The trick is to make sure you love what you've produced--to Believe..in order to convince. ↗

— Christina Westover

#christina-westover #creative-visualization #inspiration #precipice #writing

Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words. ↗

— Thomas More

#good-nature #heart #kindness #mankind #men

Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#passion #wisedom #men

Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#around #being #compassion #generosity #means

Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#compassion #inspiration #love #inspirational