Passion Quotes

“The more strongly you feel about what you do the more likely you are to push yourself to be good at it. Find a way to make a success of it. If you organize your life around your passion, you can turn your passion into your story and then your story into something bigger – something that matters.” ~ Blake Mycoskie (Founder of TOMS)

“What ever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do.” ~ Walt Disney

“To laugh often and love much, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one’s self … this is to have succeeded.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” ~ Steve Jobs

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” ~ Steve Jobs

“Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” ~ Steve Jobs

“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.” ~ Steve Jobs

“The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.” ~ Mark Twain

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” ~ Albert Schweitzer

“Success is waking up in the morning, whoever you are, wherever you are, however old or young, and bounding out of bed because there’s something out there you love to do, that you believe in, that you’re good at – something that’s bigger than you are, and you can hardly wait to get at it again today.” ~ Whit Hobbs

“Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.” ~ Mary Lou Retton

“The chief cause of our misery is less the violence of our passions than the feebleness of our virtures. ” ~ Joseph Roux

“The only thing that keeps a man going is energy and what is energy but liking life?” ~ Louis Auchincloss

“If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.” ~ Charlie Parker (Musician)

“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale

“You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

“What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

“Chase down your passion like it’s the last bus of the night.” ~ Terri Guillemets

“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.” ~ Amiel

“True success – financial, personal, and professional – lies above all in loving your family, working hard, and living your passion. In telling your story. In authenticity, hustle, and patience. In caring fiercely about the big and the small stuff. In valuing legacy over currency.” ~ Gary Vaynerchuk