AtomicQuote

Henri Frederic Amiel Quote

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.

Tags: enthusiasm

Related Quotes

Success is working with enthusiasm and ambition, living with joy and kindness, and going toward a life of ultimate service and happiness.

Debasish Mridha

Success is working with enthusiasm and ambition, living with joy and kindness, and going toward a life of ultimate service and happiness.

Tags: ambition, debasish mridha, debasish mridha md, enthusiasm, happiness, inspirational, kindness, life of service, living with joy, philosophy

I never think of him as a scholar assaulting me with how much he knows, but as a teacher eager to share a lifelong passion for the subject.

William Zinsser

I never think of him as a scholar assaulting me with how much he knows, but as a teacher eager to share a lifelong passion for the subject.

Tags: charisma, curiosity, discipleship, education, enthusiasm, passion, zeal

Teddy Roosevelt "had relished "every hour" of every day as president. Indeed, (he was) fearing the "dull thud" he would experience upon returning to private life.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Teddy Roosevelt "had relished "every hour" of every day as president. Indeed, (he was) fearing the "dull thud" he would experience upon returning to private life.

Tags: calling, charisma, enthusiasm, leadership, servant leadership, vocation, work

Your youth is certainly finished and old age has definitely arrived if you feel that you are losing enthusiasm, excitement and energy towards your dreams and goals.

Amit Kalantri

Your youth is certainly finished and old age has definitely arrived if you feel that you are losing enthusiasm, excitement and energy towards your dreams and goals.

Tags: aim, aims, dream, dreams, energetic, energy, enthusiasm, enthusiastic, excite, excitement

Nevertheless, scientific method is not the same as the scientific spirit. The scientific spirit does not rest content with applying that which is already known, but is a restless spirit, ever pressing...

Archibald E. Garrod

Nevertheless, scientific method is not the same as the scientific spirit. The scientific spirit does not rest content with applying that which is already known, but is a restless spirit, ever pressing...

Tags: enthusiasm, evidence, imagination, knowledge, known, restless, science, scientific method, scientific spirit, spirit

Entrepreneurs don't have weekends or birthdays or holidays. Every day is my weekend, my birthday, my holiday. OR, every day is my work day. Mostly it's a choice.

Richie Norton

Entrepreneurs don't have weekends or birthdays or holidays. Every day is my weekend, my birthday, my holiday. OR, every day is my work day. Mostly it's a choice.

Tags: be proactive, birthday, choice, choices and consequences, entertainment, enthusiasm, entitlement, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial, entrepreneurs

The volume of your impacts is measured by the direction of your movements, the passion with which you inspire and the attitudes by which you make an influence!

Israelmore Ayivor

The volume of your impacts is measured by the direction of your movements, the passion with which you inspire and the attitudes by which you make an influence!

Tags: area, aspiration, aspire, attitude, attitudes, breadth, centimeters, creat, direct, direction

You can not have empty or neutral mind, as long as you work the mind will contain dreams, if you stop working it will contain regrets.

Amit Kalantri

You can not have empty or neutral mind, as long as you work the mind will contain dreams, if you stop working it will contain regrets.

Tags: aim, aims, dream, dreams, empty, energetic, energy, enthusiasm, enthusiastic, excite

Enthusiasm is the most beautiful word on earth.

Christian Morgenstern

Enthusiasm is the most beautiful word on earth.

Tags: enthusiasm

I would not be among you to-night (being awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) but for the mentors, colleagues and students who have guided and aided me throughout my scientific life...

Konrad Bloch

I would not be among you to-night (being awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) but for the mentors, colleagues and students who have guided and aided me throughout my scientific life...

Tags: aid, biochemistry, enthusiasm, jacques barzun, medicine, nobel acceptance speech, nobel laureate, physiology, rudolf schoenheimer, scholar
About Henri Frederic Amiel

Henri Frédéric Amiel (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi fʁedeʁik amjɛl]; 27 September 1821 – 11 May 1881) was a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic.