Motivational Quotes: Passion Purpose

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"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."

Steve Jobs

"My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time."

Steve Jobs

"That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains."

Steve Jobs

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it."

Steve Jobs

"Stay hungry, stay foolish."

Steve Jobs

"Things don't have to change the world to be important."

Steve Jobs

"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."

Steve Jobs

"If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on."

Steve Jobs

"Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do."

Pope John XXIII

"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."

Samuel Johnson

"Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others."

Samuel Johnson

"My dear friend, clear your mind of cant."

Samuel Johnson

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed."

Michael Jordan

"The direction of the mind is more important than its progress."

Joseph Joubert

"Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them."

Joseph Joubert

"Mistakes are the portal of discovery."

James Joyce

"I am tomorrow what I establish today. "

James Joyce

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."

Carl Jung

"Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid."

Lady Bird Johnson

"You have to dream before your dreams can come true."

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam