Aaron Anderson

17 Quotes That Will Inspire You To Follow That Same Dream You Fear

Leaving what feels secure behind and following our hearts doesn't always end as we expect. 
Bianca Sparacino
July 7, 2016
“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.”
— Steve Jobs, Text of Steve Jobs' Commencement address (2005)
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“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bounds. Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.”
— Patanjali, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
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“Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.”
— Johnny Carson, Happiness is ... a dry martini
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“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”
— Vincent Van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh (Penguin Classics)
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“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
— Nelson Mandela, Conversations with Myself
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“Success is waking up in the morning, whoever you are, wherever you are, however old or young, and bounding out of bed because there’s something out there you love to do, that you believe in, that you’re good at – something that’s bigger than you are, and you can hardly wait to get at it again today.”
— Whit Hobbs, I Love Advertising
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“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.”
— Les Brown, Live Your Dreams
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“Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love.”
— Steve Pavlina, Waking Up: Becoming a Conscious Human
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“Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the centre of your life.”
— Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity
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“If you can’t believe in miracles, then believe in yourself. When you want something bad enough, let that drive push you to make it happen. Sometimes you’ll run into brick walls that are put there to test you. Find a way around them and stay focused on your dream. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”
— Isabel Lopez, Isabel's Hand-Me-Down Dreams: A Memoir
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“Leaving what feels secure behind and following the beckoning of our hearts doesn't always end as we expect or hope. We may even fail. But here's the payoff: it can also be amazing and wonderful and immensely satisfying.”
— Steve Goodier, A Life That Makes a Difference
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“So many people live their lives not knowing the real and exact reasons why they live. They follow anything for something and they do something for anything. When you live life with a blurry vision, you live a blurry life. Vision is life, and a life without vision is a dead life”
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, The Untapped Wonderer In You: dare to do the undone
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“Start now. Start where you are. Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just…start.”
— Ijeoma Umebinyuo
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“For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn't understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.”
— Cynthia Occelli, Resurrecting Venus: A Woman's Guide to Love, Work, Motherhood and Soothing the Sacred Ache
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“I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.”
— Oprah Winfrey, What I Know For Sure
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“And most importantly of all, find your passion. It is absolutely essential you find a way to obtain the same level of satisfaction from your work as you do from your free time. To live for the weekend is, after all, to waste away 71.43% of your life.”
— Beu Taplin, Mondays
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“Do your thing do it unapologetically don't be discouraged by criticism you probably already know what they're going to say pay no mind to the fear of failure it's far more valuable than success.”
— Asher Roth, Asher Roth
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