26. Passion
Passion
1) 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, and don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.
- Steve Jobs
2) A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
- John Maxwell
3) The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.
- Earl Nightingale
4) If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
- Benjamin Franklin
5) it’s hard to tell with these internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: lf they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up.
- Steve Jobs
6) All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
- Aristotle
7) There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
- Nelson Mandela
8) Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
9) Passion is the genesis of genius.
- Tony Robbins
10) Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
- Oprah Winfrey
11) Without passion you don't have energy, without energy you have nothing.
- Donald Trump
12) Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
- Denis Diderot
13) When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.
- John Wesley
14) Anyone can dabble, but once you've made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it's very hard for people to stop you.
- Bill Cosby
15) There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
- Tony Robbins
16) Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
17) One of the things that may get in the way of people being lifelong learners is that they’re not in touch with their passion. If you’re passionate about what it is you do, then you’re going to be looking for everything you can to get better at it.
- Jack Canfield
18) I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
- Albert Einstein
19) I love to play golf, and that's my arena. And you can characterize it and describe it however you want, but I have a love and a passion for getting that ball in the hole and beating those guys.
- Tiger Woods
20) Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.
- Jon Bon Jovi