“I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.”— Joseph Campbell, amazon.com
“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you.”— Joseph Campbell, amazon.com
“Allow for the possibility that the best of you is still inside you, waiting to emerge. Prepare the way, bit by bit”— Lin-Manuel Miranda, twitter.com
“It is vain to desire them to knock; they do not comprehend you and if they do, pay no manner of attention to it. It took me six weeks to teach my old Anna not to come in without knocking and leave and finally it was only by appearing to get into a most violent passion and threatening to blow out her…”— Aaron Burr, archive.org
“The big thing I’d say we look for, which would try to differentiate the players for us, are players with passion; guys that really love football. As we all know from our jobs, if you love what you’re doing you don’t feel like you’re working. If you don’t like what you’re doing, then every step of th…”— Bill Belichick, espn.com
“It's one day at a time. We don't talk about last year. We don't talk about next week. We don't talk about next year. We talk about today and we talk about the next game. And that's all we can really control. The rest of it will take care of itself. If there is something that's your passion when you'…”— Bill Belichick, cnbc.com
“Honestly, all the things I work on for myself are my dream assignments. It's the passion of discovering and learning, and then sharing that with others.”— Matt Maldre, gapersblock.com
“The passion doth fly. Love must be enduring; The flowers fade by, Fruit must be maturing.”— Friedrich Schiller, schillerinstitute.org
“We don't need to give away flags for our fans to wave—our supporters are always there with their hearts, and that is all we need. It's the passion of the fans that helps to win matches—not flags.”— Rafael Benitez, en.espn.co.uk
“Look, these teachers...these teachers want us to work, you know? And I say fine...I'll work. But you gotta let me do the kind of work that I wanna do. And for me, Lindsay, it's my—it's my drum kit, man. This my passion, you know? This is- this is the essence of who I am now. But before I had this, I…”— Paul Feig, Nick Andopolis, Jason Segel, imdb.com
“By pursuing and practicing your passions even on the smallest scale, you allow yourself to go deeper into something new.”— Hailey Miller, theeverygirl.com
“I don't have a temper, I have passion. I get frustrated and fucked off and wound up with idiots quickly, so I get straight to the point. Cut the bullshit. That's healthy.”— Gordon Ramsay, esquire.com
“Once you realize that you have identified a passion, invest in yourself. Figure out what you need to know, what kind of experience and expertise you need to develop to do the things that you feel in your heart you will enjoy and that will sustain you both mentally and economically.”— Martha Stewart, marthastewart.com
“I found playing football for more than 20 years was my passion. It was something that I didn’t see as a joke. I would have done it for free over 20 years and that’s how I’ll always feel about football.”— David Beckham, timeout.com
“When the fire goes out, you'll start feeling the cold. You'll wake up whether you want to or not.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“It must give you a lot pleasure, but I don't suppose this talent of yours makes you lots of money.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“If you're not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you're determined to learn, no one can stop you.”— Lecrae, twitter.com