"Don't confuse drive and passion. Drive pushes you forward. It's a duty, an obligation. Passion pulls you. It's the sense of connection you feel when the work you do expresses who you are. Only passion will get you through the tough times."

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Source : Randy Komisar, Kent L. Lineback (2001). “The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living”, p.93, Harvard Business Press

Randy Komisar

#Passion Quotes #Tough Times Quotes #Connections Quotes

“Hope, purpose and determination are not merely mental states. They have electrochemical connections that affect the immune system.”
“Success is never an accident. It typically starts as imagination, becomes a dream, stimulates a goal, grows into a plan of action - which then inevitably meets with opportunity. Don't get stuck along the way.”

Source : Dan Miller (2015). “48 Days to the Work You Love: Preparing for the New Normal”, p.79, B&H Publishing Group
“Failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. This way, it is about answering to yourself.”
“In time, after a dozen years of centering their lives around the games boys play with one another, the boys' bodies change and that changes everything else. But the memories are not erased of that safest time in the lives of men, when their prime concern was playing games with guys who just wanted to be their friendly competitors. Life never again gets so simple.”
“Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a kind of list of the pros and cons of an argument, and carefully figure them out, and he might test them in public.”
“I treasure my mornings. I get up early and ignore everything work-related for the first few hours. It's just me and my coffee addiction.”

Source : "Award-winning Musician Rachael Yamagata: Gratitude for Mornings, Music, and Mom". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Exactly one day in your life your kid will ski as good as you do. The next day, he'll ski better than you.”
“It is easy to criticize, particularly in a political season. But to lead is something altogether different. The leader must live in the real world of the price that might be paid for the goal that has been set.”

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