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Quotes About Passion

The pursuit of justice is all I have ever known.
~ Harry Belafonte
If you look at Citadel today, that's really - the founding principle of the firm is a real pursuit of talent, a pursuit of people who have a passion for finance, and a pursuit of individuals who make good decisions day in and day out.
~ Kenneth C. Griffin
Don't pursue something because you 'want to be great.' Pursue something because it fascinates you, because the pursuit itself engages and compels you.
~ Justine Musk
Composing is what drives me; it's not the pursuit of fame. My songs are like pages in a diary.
~ Mick Hucknall
Being a musician was not my choice; it was really a God-ordained thing, so I'm still passionately chasing after the pursuit of that whole journey and musical expression and discovery.
~ Philip Bailey
These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.
~ Elvis Costello
You must push everything to the absolute limit or else life will be boring. People will be boring.
~ Dario Argento
When push comes to shove, baseball is one of my favorite things in the world.
~ Danny Meyer
I push for what I think can be the best, and if I feel they're not going for the best, it kills me.
~ Debra Winger
It's like, if I had the luxury of choice, and didn't have to worry about making a living, I would definitely want to get into whatever field it was that allowed me to push further and further comedically. Because that's the joy of it.
~ Mitchell Hurwitz
Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.
~ Benjamin Walker
I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
~ Idris Elba
I have big emotions, and I care deeply about delivering for New Yorkers, and sometimes that means you got to push things forward - and I think New Yorkers know that.
~ Christine Quinn
I realize that although I'd like to make films as a career after I'm done playing, I really love basketball; I really love my career, an opportunity to compete every day and to push myself physically, mentally and emotionally.
~ Steve Nash
I always fight hard to push a movie to the point where it pulls me.
~ James L. Brooks
I would definitely want kids. Would they be dancers? I dunno. That's up to them. If they show interest, I will push them do the best. I was not brought up in a dancer's family. I was brought up in a family where the mentality was whatever you do, you gotta try to be the best at it.
~ Maksim Chmerkovskiy
As creatives, it's a hard thing to push, to make something you're truly excited about, especially if you've written 100 different concepts and they keep getting shot down.
~ Spike Jonze
I know for a fact that we're not pushed or promoted to speak about God with fervor.
~ Chance The Rapper
Playing the piano was what I loved doing for myself, but as soon as it became a 'thing' that I was being pushed to pursue by my teachers, I rebelled.
~ Deborah Meaden
I'm very serious about what I write and who I allow to produce the music, because I want to make sure it's a true album, and not just something pushed out there to create hype and more fame for myself.
~ Alyson Stoner
My mom pushed me to take drama class.
~ Michael Steger
Athletics, for me, was something I was pushed towards. I really wanted to play football when I was younger. Over the years, I started to enjoy it more and learn about it.
~ Mo Farah
I never pushed the envelope of wanting people to know me, or be on the covers of magazines. I just want to enjoy what I'm doing.
~ David Eigenberg
A lot of people have asked whether acting is in my genes. I don't know if anyone is born to act. And it certainly wasn't pushed on me. It was something I wanted to do.
~ Laura Dern