Quotes on Passion
The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears. It reaches the height of its cherished aspirations. It falls to the level of its unchastened desires - and circumstances are the means by which the soul receives its own.
James Allen
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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you'll be a success.
Albert Schweitzer
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.
Steve Jobs
When you are passionate, you always have your destination in sight and you are not distracted by obstacles. Because you love what you are pursuing, things like rejection and setbacks will not hinder you in your pursuit. You believe that nothing can stop you!
Mike Krzyzewski
Learn to love your work and you'll never have to 'work' again.
Truett Cathy
Excitement, like enthusiasm, sometimes renders us unconscious to the things of earth.
Alexandre Dumas
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Select your work carefully and if you don't love what you're doing enough to want to be the best at it, get out! Flee from the boring or unsatisfying job as you would from a burning building. Working at something you don't care about is the very best way to waste your life. Remember, this life is not a rehearsal for something else.
Brian Tracy
Being passionate about something is the key to success. But using that passion to help others is the key to happiness.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you.
Maya Angelou
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
Denis Diderot
You can't manufacture passion or "motivate" people to feel passionate. You can only discover what ignites your passion and the passions of those around you.
Jim Collins
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Live passionately, even if it kills you, because something is going to kill you anyway.
Webb Chiles
No matter what career you pursue, you're sure to be competing with people who love it, and their passion will feed their stamina. If you don't share that passion, you’ll never keep up.
Steven Landsburg
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
David Hume
Passionate people who fail don't get a chance to offer their advice to the rest of us.
Scott Adams
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