Find Your Passion Quotes

“The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you ever feel lost in life, it can be clarifying to acknowledge the things in life that propel you. Write down the values that are most meaningful to you. Whether it's community, loyalty, or courage—there are so many. Think about not only your life and your unique story of self—where you come from your unique background, your skills, and experiences—but also what drives you and what your passions are.”
― Keisha Blair

“An alignment crisis happens when we remain chronically misaligned with our purpose.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“It's such a cool story that Paul Newman was like, "I like making salad dressing, but I'm good [financially]." It just shows that working hard doesn't have to be about getting rich or more rich or whatever. It's about adding value to the world.”
― Hank Green

“Happiness is nit the ultimate goal of the life. You don't have to persue happiness. You don't have to chase happiness. Happiness is just a state of being. You can choose to be happy right now. So, do what you love, do what you're passionate about. Don't wait for someone to show you the path. Pave your own path. And happiness will follow you, it's a biproduct of following your passion. Be passionate!”
― Pep Talk Radio

“To create, you need talent.
To begin, you need passion.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“It’s not enough to know thyself. You must also be thyself.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“If you chronically inhabit your void, burnout is a predictable consequence.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“A Mental Shift is required if we want to go
from fear to faith, from scarcity to abundance,
from being average to being awesome.”
― Malcolm Johansson

“Instead of following your passion find your greatest contribution.”
― Tom Rath, Life's Great Question: Discover How You Contribute To The World

“There is a direct connection between finding your passion and reaching your potential.”
― Germany Kent

“Discover your potential by being guided by doing things that excite you, often that leads to passion and will affect the outcome of many things.”
― Germany Kent

“It’s not the activity that holds the key to finding your passion; it’s what your actions accomplish.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Your mindset touches nearly every aspect of your life, yet for the most part, you don’t realize it exists, or that most people come equipped with a different mindset than you.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Your mindset is fundamental to who you are: it’s what you know deep down to your core and why you do what you do. Like an operating system, it runs in the background and guides your decisions, interactions, and how you interface with the world around you.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“We were never meant to be like each other. Instead, we’re perfectly designed to complement one another.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“You are far more extraordinary than you have allowed yourself to believe. Every mindset is important, valuable, significant, and equipped with incredible gifts. Our world would not be as enjoyable, beautiful, or productive without any one mindset.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“You aren’t a jumbled assortment of traits and characteristics. On the contrary, the various aspects of your being are sublimely interconnected.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“To find out who you are, you must also see who you are not.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Your mindset helps you understand who you are by understanding the How, What, and Why aspects within you.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“A mindset is an innate disposition governing how you expect people to behave (and not behave), what you are motivated to do (and not do), and why you do what you do (and the consequence if you do not).”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Though you may value many principles, there is one you instinctively uphold above all others.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“The formula to end burnout is straightforward: maximize your passion and minimize your void.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“When someone compromises your mindset principle, your “Grr!” reflex automatically kicks in. Just like your physiological reflexes, this psychological reflex serves and protects by safeguarding a virtue of humanity.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Purpose is heartfelt, benevolent, and personally meaningful to you. It’s a state of being that you desire for yourself, yet you recognize its importance in the world, and you want it for others too.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Purpose isn’t what you do. Purpose is your reason for doing something. It’s the why behind what you do.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“While your passion gives you energy, your void sucks the life force out of you like a vampire, leaving you feeling depleted and disengaged.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Mutually exclusive refers to opposing behaviors, actions, or states of being that cannot take place simultaneously. For example, you cannot do what you love and do what you loathe at the same time.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Just as you need to add logs to a fire to maintain it, you need to feed your passion to keep it burning strong.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“While your principle represents how you expect people to behave and your passion informs what you’re motivated to do, your purpose underscores why these two are so imperative: because it brings about the desired state of being you long for.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself