Motivational Quotes: Passion Purpose

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"Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you."

Stephen Covey

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."

Marie Curie

"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained."

Marie Curie

"I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy."

Marie Curie

"Humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries."

Marie Curie

"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things."

Leonardo da Vinci

"Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else."

Leonardo da Vinci

"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."

Leonardo da Vinci

"Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art."

Leonardo da Vinci

"Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind."

Leonardo da Vinci

"Life well spent is long."

Leonardo da Vinci

"Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it."

Leonardo da Vinci

"Nature never breaks her own laws."

Leonardo da Vinci

"Every action needs to be prompted by a motive."

Leonardo da Vinci

"How many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and riches in order that their fame might be ever-lasting."

Leonardo da Vinci

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

Dalai Lama

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."

Dalai Lama

"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day."

Dalai Lama

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."

Dalai Lama

"In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision."

Dalai Lama