Quotes About Passion

I went to work when I was a young fellow and I loved what I did. And I just kept working. And when I decided that maybe the time had come for me to quit, I got depressed. What could I do if I didn't work?

I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don't get to quit your day job.

I don't think I would ever quit acting, but there are other things I am interested in. I wanted to be an architect, and I wish I knew more about landscaping.

Well, you know what? The actor still gets up in the morning, if he's still got something to work with, you go out there and you do it. Never quit!

I quit karate originally because it wasn't something that I was initially passionate about.

You hear a lot of drivers say they'll quit when they're not enjoying it. That's pretty much what happened to me. It was a combination of things, but mostly it was losing that enthusiasm I always felt before.

I have no plans to retire. It's the perfect combination of work and play that keeps you young. If I quit work it would be the beginning of the end for me.

People ask you all the time, 'Why do you do this? Why don't you quit, man, take your money and go home?' I just do it because I love making music.

People ask me, 'Why are you still writing books?' Like I'm still only writing to make money and as soon as I have enough I'll quit and go fishing? I like to write books. It's the most satisfying thing I do.

I was a pitcher, and my dad played in college. The hardest day of my life was telling him I was going to quit to focus more on golf. But with golf, I felt like the game can't be perfected, and that motivated me.

I haven't thought of retirement yet, but when I stop enjoying the game or when injuries force me, I will quit.

It's impossible to be someone you're not, so quit trying. I am as passionate about my hobbies as I am about my work and my family. All three are equally important to me at all times.

I played every sport in high school for one year. If I couldn't be great at it, I quit. I would rather not do it than be average.

I just quit in the third year of high school and started singing at amateur hours.

I quit high school to be a pro skateboarder out of Ohio, which is just asinine, but it was meant to be.

I would never quit comedy to make money. I've been doing it, like, 30 years. I still love it. That's my life.

I ask myself all the time, 'Why keep doing this?' If I wasn't exploring or finding something to write about that was personal or meant something, there'd be no reason. If I was ever making a record just to make a record, or ever just like, 'Just put something out there that someone will buy,' I would quit.

I started playing piano age six. I was also singing in the choir, so my mum put me into music school. I went to study there for seven years, but it was not my passion. I quit because I wanted to study marketing. But I can still play piano.

I wanted to join the Army, but my eyesight wasn't good, so I quit school and my job to just focus on fighting. I didn't want to just get deployed. I wanted to get in on the action.

For me, writing is fun. The day I quit my job and take up writing full time, writing will become just another job. A commercial necessity.

I was used to having a job - ballet was my job, and I felt like I needed something artistic to focus on after I quit.

If being in a band was my job, then I would quit. This is not a good job. A good job is in financial management.