Passion

Posted on September 4, 2014 Updated on September 6, 2014

1. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

– Harriet Tubman

2. “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

3. “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.”

– Anthony J. D’Angelo

4. “Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.”

– Oprah Winfrey

5. “If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.”

– Benjamin Franklin

6. “We must act out passion before we can feel it.”

– Jean-Paul Sartre

7. “It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.”

– T. S. Eliot

8. “Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.”

– Jon Bon Jovi

9. “You can’t fake passion.”

– Barbara Corcoran

10. “You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out.”

― Steve Jobs

11. “Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.”

– Deepak Chopra

12. “If you feel like there’s something out there that you’re supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.”

– Wanda Skyes

13. “If you don’t love what you do, you won’t do it with much conviction or passion.”

– Mia Hamm

14. It is the soul’s duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.

– Rebecca West

My personal favorite quote on passion is from a man who clearly had way more talent than he claims in the quote:

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein