--- title: "19 Following Passion Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 19 Following Passion quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Following Passion sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/roger-goodell-13501_following_i-ve-spent-my-life-following-my-passion_2807649.jpg" --- > [I've spent my life following my passion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-goodell/i-ve-spent-my-life-following-my-passion/) [Roger Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-goodell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/roger-goodell-13501_following_i-ve-spent-my-life-following-my-passion_2807649.jpg) > [Everyone has a life purpose, and the key to your life purpose is following your passion, which consumes a lot of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doreen-virtue/everyone-has-a-life-purpose-and-the-key-to-your-life-purpose-is/) [Doreen Virtue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doreen-virtue/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/doreen-virtue-2256_following_everyone-has-a-life-purpose-and-the-key_84781.png) > [My definition of success is doing what you love. I feel many people do things because they feel they have to, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hawk/my-definition-of-success-is-doing-what-you-love-i-feel-many-people-do/) [Tony Hawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hawk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/817/tony-hawk-10110_chance_my-definition-of-success-is-doing-what-y_1496895.jpg) > [Things like 'following your passion' and 'finding your creative outlets' didn't mean anything to me because I didn't have that area of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simu-liu/things-like-following-your-passion-and-finding-your-creative-outlets/) [Simu Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simu-liu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad6/simu-liu-5977_anything_things-like-following-your-passion-and-f_237539.jpg) > [Success is not found 9-5, but in following your passion and with that, everything else falls into place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/success-is-not-found-9-5-but-in-following-your-passion-and-with-that/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e3/anonymous-1_following-your-passi_success-is-not-found-9-5-but-in-followin_1109059.jpg) > [A lot of times people are caught between doing the things they have to do versus following their passion and I'm someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malik-yoba/a-lot-of-times-people-are-caught-between-doing-the-things-they-have/) [Malik Yoba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malik-yoba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/malik-yoba-7448_age_a-lot-of-times-people-are-caught-between_3094339.jpg) > [I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-aronofsky/i-try-to-live-my-life-where-i-end-up-at-a-point-where-i-have-no/) [Darren Aronofsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-aronofsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9a/darren-aronofsky-9266_blame_i-try-to-live-my-life-where-i-end-up-at_15638.png) > [If following your passion to a place where there's no pain probably isn't the business, I don't think an entrepreneur can sustain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cook/if-following-your-passion-to-a-place-where-there-s-no-pain-probably/) [Scott Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/scott-cook-29999_business_if-following-your-passion-to-a-place-whe_11284.jpg) > [My definition of success is doing what you love. I feel many people do things because they feel they have to, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hawk/my-definition-of-success-is-doing-what-you-love-i-feel-many-people-do-2/) [Tony Hawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hawk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/tony-hawk-10110_chance_my-definition-of-success-is-doing-what-y_3143903.jpg) > [The first was about the individual, following your passion and all of that...Why not take it to the next step and go,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-dempsey/the-first-was-about-the-individual-following-your-passion-and-all-of/) [Patrick Dempsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-dempsey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/patrick-dempsey-11577_fallen_the-first-was-about-the-individual-follo_758692.jpg) > [What's interesting is, there's always a lot of talk to young people about finding their passion, following their passion. But I remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-pfeiffer/what-s-interesting-is-there-s-always-a-lot-of-talk-to-young-people/) [Michelle Pfeiffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-pfeiffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/michelle-pfeiffer-3639_interesting_what-s-interesting-is-there-s-always-a-l_3038002.jpg) > [It's a privilege to have the career I have, to love every day and be following my passion, the stories that interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pietra-brettkelly/it-s-a-privilege-to-have-the-career-i-have-to-love-every-day-and-be/) [Pietra Brettkelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pietra-brettkelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bc/pietra-brettkelly-64503_careers_it-s-a-privilege-to-have-the-career-i-ha_419213.jpg) > [As far as fighting, I just love to fight and enjoy my life more because of that. I think that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urijah-faber/as-far-as-fighting-i-just-love-to-fight-and-enjoy-my-life-more/) [Urijah Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urijah-faber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9d/urijah-faber-2989_acquire_as-far-as-fighting-i-just-love-to-fight_793464.png) > [“Follow your passion” is bad advice. I reached this conclusion after spending a year researching a basic question: What makes people love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jocelyn-k-glei/follow-your-passion-is-bad-advice-i-reached-this-conclusion-after/) [Jocelyn K. Glei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jocelyn-k-glei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/jocelyn-k-glei-4186_bad-advice_follow-your-passion-is-bad-advice-i-reac_304859.jpg) > [“People use to say that we should follow our passion. We should do what gives us utmost pleasure. But from my experience,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lovely-goyal/people-use-to-say-that-we-should-follow-our-passion-we-should-do-what/) [Lovely Goyal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lovely-goyal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/lovely-goyal-10306_life_people-use-to-say-that-we-should-follow_2828652.jpg) > [“The hard truth is that following our passion and living out our dreams is incredibly scary. There is a huge potential for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-soukup/the-hard-truth-is-that-following-our-passion-and-living-out-our/) [Ruth Soukup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-soukup/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/ruth-soukup-26584_dreams_the-hard-truth-is-that-following-our-pas_1336887.jpg) > [“Our spirit knows when we are on the right path. When we make a decision that we feel good about, we receive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/our-spirit-knows-when-we-are-on-the-right-path-when-we-make-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/anonymous-1_passion_our-spirit-knows-when-we-are-on-the-righ_2392001.jpg) > [The notion of following your passion is worth indulging. Your passion is your source of power. To live really a full life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-peacock/the-notion-of-following-your-passion-is-worth-indulging-your-passion/) [Doug Peacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-peacock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/doug-peacock-41103_all-things_the-notion-of-following-your-passion-is_756010.jpg) > [“We’re always talking about following your passion. But we’re all part of the flow of history… you’ve got to put something back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/we-re-always-talking-about-following-your-passion-but-we-re-all-part/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31a/steve-jobs-307_history_we-re-always-talking-about-following-you_1555926.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/following-passion/#itemlist", "name": "Following Passion Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've spent my life following my passion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roger Goodell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-goodell/i-ve-spent-my-life-following-my-passion/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/roger-goodell-13501_following_i-ve-spent-my-life-following-my-passion_2807649.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/roger-goodell-13501_following_i-ve-spent-my-life-following-my-passion_2807649.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/roger-goodell-13501_following_i-ve-spent-my-life-following-my-passion_2807649.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've spent my life following my passion.” — Roger Goodell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everyone has a life purpose, and the key to your life purpose is following your passion, which consumes a lot of time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Doreen Virtue" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doreen-virtue/everyone-has-a-life-purpose-and-the-key-to-your-life-purpose-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/doreen-virtue-2256_following_everyone-has-a-life-purpose-and-the-key_84781.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/doreen-virtue-2256_following_everyone-has-a-life-purpose-and-the-key_84781.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/doreen-virtue-2256_following_everyone-has-a-life-purpose-and-the-key_84781.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everyone has a life purpose, and the key to your life purpose is following your passion, which consumes a…” — Doreen Virtue", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My definition of success is doing what you love. 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