No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it. ~ Matsuo Basho
The hands of the hula dancer are ever going out in gesture, her body swaying and pivoting itself in attitude of expression. Her whole physique is a living and moving picture of feeling, sentiment, and passion. ~ Nathaniel B. Emerson
I try to give myself passionately, totally, to whatever I'm observing, with as much affectionate curiosity as I can muster, as a means of understanding a little better what being human is. ~ Diane Ackerman
The fiery moments of passionate experience are the moments of wholeness and totality of the personality. ~ Anais Nin
Creative artists have great passion. ~ Jack Welch
One big reason I do what I do is there's no two days alike. It's not work for me. It's my life. My passion. ~ Emeril Lagasse
I think you have to love what you do passionately, so you're willing to work your derriere off. ~ Judi Sheppard Missett
What passion cannot music raise and quell? ~ John Dryden, A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, 1687
The fastest way to pass your own expectations is to add passion to your labor. ~ Mike Litman