Quotes About Passion

You with me baby, cause there's no turning back after this, no way, once I slip into that sweet heat of yours, you're mine, do you hear me? You. Are. Fucking. Mine.

We must play from the soul, not like trained birds.

She touched her hand to his cheek, and he turned toward her, his arms coming around her to draw her close, his cheek pressed to the side of her hair. She felt his chest lift against hers as he drew in a ragged breath and held her tight. And then he said the words she'd long thought she'd never hear. "God, how I love you, Hero. So much. So much...

I fear I lose myself among books. I forget everything.

I'm married already—to my work." I

Eu não quero que seja pra sempre, nem que seja certo. Só quero que seja.

Er passte nicht in ihre Küche oder in ihre Stadt, doch er passte perfekt in ihre Arme und ausgesprochen perfekt in ihren Körper.

Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it.

Who you are, what you think, feel, and do, what you love—is the sum of what you focus on.

If you want to love what you do, abandon the passion mindset ("what can the world offer me?") and instead adopt the craftsman mindset ("what can I offer the world?").

the happiest, most passionate employees are not those who followed their passion into a position, but instead those who have been around long enough to become good at what they do. On reflection, this makes sense.

Human beings, it seems, are at their best when immersed deeply in something challenging. There

craftsman mindset focuses on what you can offer the world, the passion mindset focuses instead on what the world can offer you. This mindset is how most people approach their working lives.

If your goal is to love what you do, you must first build up "career capital" by mastering rare and valuable skills, and then cash in this capital for the traits that define great work.

here's the core argument of Rule #2: You shouldn't just envy the craftsman mindset, you should emulate it. In other words, I am suggesting that you put aside the question of whether your job is your true passion, and instead turn your focus toward becoming so good they can't ignore you. That is, regardless of what you do for a living, approach your work like a true performer. This

To do it right, it is the most complicated thing I know how to make," Furrer explains. "And it's that challenge that drives me. I don't need a sword. But I have to make them.

it has the three traits that make people love their work: impact, creativity, and control.

Compelling careers often have complex origins that reject the simple idea that all you have to do is follow your passion.

Don't follow your passion; rather, let it follow you in your quest to become, in the words of my favorite Steve Martin quote, "so good that they can't ignore you.

Se tan bueno que no puedan ignorarte.

If a young Steve Jobs had taken his own advice and decided to only pursue work he loved, we would probably find him today as one of the Los Altos Zen Center's most popular teachers.

To have a mission is to have a unifying focus for your career.

Conclusion #3: Passion Is a Side Effect of Mastery

If you spend too much time focusing on whether or not you've found your true calling, the question will be rendered moot when you find yourself out of work.