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Quotes About Passion

There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence.
~ Stan Getz
Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword
~ Oscar Wilde
For the shallow delights of matrimony and opera I have no courage.
~ Johannes Brahms
All art requires courage.
~ Unknown
Happy the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear.
~ Ovid
It takes courage to die for a cause, but also to live for one.
~ Azar Nafisi
Have the courage of your desire.
~ George R. Gissing
The only rule is, do what you really, impulsively, wish to do. But always act on your own responsibility, sincerely. And have the courage of your own strong emotion.
~ D. H. Lawrence
Many people think passion is a fuzzy feeling that makes taking action effortless. In fact, it's the gritty courage and tenacity to forge onward.
~ Martha Beck
Question the bravery. Say it's not courage. Call it a passion.
~ Jack Gilbert
I've never wanted to be anything but a gymnast. Maybe it is dangerous-but when you start thinking about danger, you might as well give up.
~ Olga Korbut
School integration did not come to be the day after the Brown ruling was issued. Progress took years, and it took passion, strength, and courage from a large group of committed individuals.
~ Donna Brazile
It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.
~ Guy Lafleur
So my dad raised me, and he's a huge football fan.
~ Lisa Guerrero
I learned that from my dad: you put your heart into something, you have to protect it, what you're making.
~ Sofia Coppola
What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason.
~ Rod Stewart
My dad has always said to me, "where there is a will there is a way" and this is the type of dedication hockey has taught me. Being dedicated to this sport [hockey] has been my will to play.
~ P. K. Subban
I instantly connected with the sport and I have fond memories of growing up on my skating rink that my dad made for us in our backyard.
~ P. K. Subban
I was good at football and cricket at school. My dad said, 'Son, be an architect,' and I came to Melbourne passionate about becoming an architect.
~ Max Walker
I've been acting since I was 10. My dad was an entrepreneur, so I guess something along those lines. I wouldn't want a 9-5 job.
~ Will Estes
My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar player.
~ Zach Condon
My dad introduced me to the game, gave me a stick. Since then I've had a passion for it.
~ Sidney Crosby
I caught the acting bug from my dad.
~ Finn Wittrock
Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad if he wanted me to keep studying something, Id like to study piano.
~ Jackson Browne