August: Passion

2023

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

Paulo Coehlo (1947 -) Brazil

2022

As long as you have passions, you will not stop discovering the world.

Cesare Pavese (1908 – 1950) Italy

2021

I have learned over the years that when I go to that place of passion within me, there's no force in the universe that can interfere with my completing a project.

Wayne Dyer (1940 – 2015) USA

2020

Mr. Gandhi: "You have been working fifteen hours a day for fifty years. Don't you think you should take a vacation? " Gandhi smiled and replied, "I am always on vacation".

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 -1948) India

2019

The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last.

Nicholas Sparks (1965 - ) USA

2018

Rest in reason; move in passion.

Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931) Lebanon

2017

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.

G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) United Kingdom

2016

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014) USA

2015

There’s no passion to be found playing small — in settling for a life that is less than you are capable of living.

Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) South Africa

2014

When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born.

Zig Ziglar (1926 – 2012) USA.

2013

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

Harriet Tubman (1820 – 1913) USA.

2012

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

Albert Einstein (1875 – 1955) Germania

2011

Passion paints with its own colours all that it touches.

Baltasar Graciàn (1601 – 1658) Spain

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