“Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skill. Where there is the necessary skill to move mountains there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.” NeedsSelfMovingBornSkillsMountainPassionatePossessionSelf ConfidenceEnthusiasmSubstitutesIntensityMove Mountains Book:Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer
“Whatever you are passionate about, there is some skill associated with it and there's some service associated with it. Go for it, and don't worry about the money all the time.” WorrySkillsPassionate Author:Deepak Chopra
“I love to act, I love to sing and I love to entertain, so if I am passionate about a certain project and I want to do it, I hope to stretch my acting skills.” IfsWantCertainActingSkillsProjectsPassionate Author:Julianne Hough
“So I hope to stretch my acting skills. I got to a point in my dancing where I felt like I did so much hard work and I achieved a lot of great things, and I wanted to try something else and put that same kind of commitment that I did into my dancing into something that I was also passionate about. I had so many opportunities with my dance and now I'm just excited to get better as an actress.” TryingKindHardWantedOpportunityFeltActingHard WorkSkillsCommitmentDancingPassionateExcitedActressesGreat ThingsGet Better Author:Julianne Hough
“I love teaching I think more than anything. It's the opportunity to just teach young people and teach the game. You teach more than basketball. You teach life skills. The teaching part of it is something that I am passionate about. I look forward to every practice. A lot of people say well, I enjoy coaching, but I see myself as more as a teacher.” PeopleThinkingWellsLooksYoungOpportunityGamesEnjoyTeachPracticeTeacherTeachingSkillsBasketballPassionateCoachingLife SkillsLove Teaching Author:Pat Summitt
“In art as in lovemaking, heartfelt ineptitude has its appeal and so does heartless skill, but what you want is passionate virtuosity.” WantDoeArtSkillsPassionateWhat You WantAppealsHeartfeltHeartlessIneptitudeVirtuosity Author:John Barth
“Anger ... it's a paralyzing emotion ... you can't get anything done. People sort of think it's an interesting, passionate, and igniting feeling — I don't think it's any of that — it's helpless ... it's absence of control — and I need all of my skills, all of the control, all of my powers ... and anger doesn't provide any of that — I have no use for it whatsoever." [Interview with CBS radio host Don Swaim, September 15, 1987.]” PeopleThinkingNeedsDoneUseFeelingsInterestingEmotionSkillsAngerPassionateRadioAbsenceBelovedInterviewsHostSeptemberHelpless Author:Toni Morrison