Our passions are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes.

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.

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.

To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable.

Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work.

Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

And, more importantly, reach for the stars. And realize that it is never too late—not now, not ever—for you to pursue you passion, your pursuit of perfection. And most importantly, your perseverance for making it happen.

You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.

I have to face life with a newly found passion. I must rediscover the irresistible will to learn, to live and to love.