Top 25 Intensity Quotes of 108

For a punishment to be just it should consist of only such gradations of intensity as suffice to deter men from committing crimes.

For a punishment to be just it should consist of only such gradations of intensity as suffice to deter men from committing crimes.

Cesare Beccaria

Men, Crime, Intensity

Cesare Beccaria (1963). “On Crimes and Punishments”, Pearson College Division

We are all born to die—the difference is the intensity with which we choose to live.

Gina Lollobrigida

Differences, Intensity, Born

Intensity is the price of excellence.

Warren Buffett

Excellence, Intensity

"Buffett: I haven’t lost any intensity". Afternoon session of 2013 annual meeting, buffett.cnbc.com. May 4, 2013.

I'm terrified of passive acquiescence. I live in intensity.

Virginia Woolf

Acquiescence, Intensity, Passive

Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.4552, Delphi Classics

Truth depends upon the intensity of imagination, not upon facts.

Neville Goddard

Imagination, Facts, Intensity

Neville Goddard (2015). “Be What You Wish”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

Intensity builds immensity

Kevin Levrone

Workout, Bodybuilding, Intensity

Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else.

Nolan Bushnell

Passion, Training, Intensity

When you feel concentrated within the intensity of making paintings, you know exactly what you are doing.

Luc Tuymans

Painting, Intensity, Concentration

Our task is to live our personal communion with Christ with such intensity as to make it contagious.

Paul Tournier

Tasks, Christ, Intensity

The depth of learning is in direct relation to the intensity of the experience.

Robert Monroe

Depth, Intensity, Relation

Robert Monroe (2014). “Far Journeys”, p.318, Harmony

When you yearn for God with intensity, He will come to you.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Intensity

When things gets difficult, and it seems like the intensity has been turned up, that’s a sign you are close to your victory.

Joel Osteen

Victory, Road To Success, Intensity

Twitter post from Jun 11, 2012

When you narrow down your range and are looking through just that narrow aperture of the lens, the intensity of what you see is so much greater.

Michael Snow

Lenses, Aperture, Intensity

Dennis Reid, Michael Snow, Philip Monk, Louise Dompierre, Art Gallery of Ontario (1994). “Visual art, 1951-1993: exploring plane and contour : the drawing, painting, collage, foldage, photo-work, sculpture and film of Michael Snow from 1951 to 1967”, Knopf Canada

The atoms become like a moth, seeking out the region of higher laser intensity.

Steven Chu

Atoms, Lasers, Intensity

"Lasers Slow Atom for Scrutiny". The New York Times, July 13, 1986.

Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence.

Herbert Read

Progress, Literature, Intensity

Sir Herbert Edward Read (1964). “Selected writings: poetry and criticism”

She was saved from prettiness by the intensity of her gaze.

Paul Bowles

Intensity, Prettiness, Saved

Paul Bowles (2011). “The Sheltering Sky”, p.7, Harper Collins

A flame burns brightest just before it goes out.

Gene Tierney

Flames, Intensity

Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden

Perhaps the best hope for the future of mankind is that ways will be found of increasing the scope and intensity of sympathy.

Bertrand Russell

Way, Found, Intensity

Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.455, Routledge

CrossFit is all about constantly-varied, high-intensity movements. And to do these movements, you have to have a certified coach to take you through this - or any type of physical activity.

Bob Harper

Movement, Crossfit, Intensity

"I Drank the CrossFit Kool-Aid" by Bob Harper, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 7, 2013.

Intellect is a magnitude of intensity, not a magnitude of extensity.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Intensity, Intellect, Magnitude

My existence went up about 12 levels of intensity.

Wolfman Jack

Levels, Intensity, Existence

Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder.

Octave Mirbeau

And Love, Murder, Intensity

"Garden of Tortures". Book by Octave Mirbeau, 1899.

One of the nice things about being a private company is operating without the intensity of public glare. It's hard to grow a company under a microscope of constant second guessing.

Sarah Lacy

Nice, Guessing, Intensity

"The Irony of the Social Media Era: It Was Created By the World’s Least Social People" by Sarah Lacy, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2012.