There are many quotes and sayings about passion and with the word passion. Just type the word in google and you will see it. There is something curious about this word passion. When you look it up in several dictionaries you'll get different meanings. Most people would use the word passion with the following meaning: a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something. Clearly meant in a positive way. However the following meaning is a correct as well: a strong feeling (such as anger) that causes you to act in a dangerous way. A rather negative emotion, I would say.
A popular quote is: "Do it with passion or don't do it at all". I personally love to use this quote and assume that everyone understands that I'm using it with the first mentioned meaning of the word passion and not the second one.Historically, the original meaning of the word passion was suffering, enduring and hurt. Think about the passion of Christ. A nice detail I found looking at this is, that the name 'passion flower' refers to the suffering of Christ and not just to the beauty of the flower: the supposed resemblance of the corona to the crown of thorns, and of the other parts of the flower to the nails, or wounds, while the five sepals and five petals were taken to symbolize the ten apostles (Peter and Judas being left out).
Only since the fifteenth century people started to use the word passion in the positive way as it is so often used today.
Let me add a quote with the word passion to the numerous ones already out there and just to make sure: this one is meant in the most positive way :-).
"Passion can only be found when you live with passion."
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