The key is to keep charisma and charm positive and underpinned with sincere and good intentions.

Desire. Enthusiasm. Purpose. Pleasure. Delight. Peace. Power. However you define passion, it is at the heart of your motivation.

Feeling passion fuels your spirit and feeds your joy.

Passion is a catalyst for action and provides you with the emotional stamina to stick with it, regardless of the obstacles.

Every day should have threads of passionate pursuits within it.

What turns you on, tunes you in, and lights your fire?

When passion is lit, the fire permeates your being with the positive expectation that all is well and everything will turn out great.

To be truly satisfied that your life is well-lived, the object of your passion is something you feel you must be, do, or have. What lights your fire?

Passion is not just about the object of your focus or desires—it is the compelling emotion, fulfillment, and intense enthusiasm that it engenders.

Are you impressed when you meet people who are filled with passion and conviction? Their energy is contagious and can make us all want “some of what they’re having!

When a person exudes passion, it is evident that they love what they are doing. Their passion projects an aura of confidence and decisiveness.

If an artist wants to use his mind for creative work, cutting oneself off from society is a necessary thing

It's wonderful to know that the power to define who I am rests solely with me. If I decide I am an artist, or a poet, a teacher or a writer then I AM.

Perspective alone can make an experience positive or negative, but regardless of which you let it become, it can only have as much power over your outlook on life as you give it.

The more you believe, the more you doubt. The more you doubt, the more you ask questions. Knowing that questions left unanswered is the best proof for your belief.

I'm a tundra with wind endlessly blowing a hollow tunnel through me.

You have to break through the structure of your own stonework habit just to make yourself listen.

To decide to film a movie again shot by shot, you must be masochistic to a certain degree because it is a much greater challenge.

States strong enough to do good are but few. Their number would seem limited to three.

Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day. Aren't we all?

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.