--- title: "13 Passion Thing Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Passion Thing quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Passion Thing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/mel-robbins-12168_inspirational_passion-is-not-a-thing-it-s-a-state-of-m_706733.jpg" --- > [“Passion is not a thing, it's a state of mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-robbins/passion-is-not-a-thing-it-s-a-state-of-mind/) [Mel Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/mel-robbins-12168_inspirational_passion-is-not-a-thing-it-s-a-state-of-m_706733.jpg) > [I never started out trying to be an actor. That was not my passion, this was not my thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-mcgowan/i-never-started-out-trying-to-be-an-actor-that-was-not-my-passion/) [Rose McGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-mcgowan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ff/rose-mcgowan-4975_actor_i-never-started-out-trying-to-be-an-acto_2560632.png) > [Never let ur presure over come your passion for the thing of God!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nasir/never-let-ur-presure-over-come-your-passion-for-the-thing-of-god/) [David Nasir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nasir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/david-nasir-30091_god_never-let-ur-presure-over-come-your-pass_706250.jpg) > [Passion is the thing that won't let you sleep at night because you want to get up in the morning and go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-gardner/passion-is-the-thing-that-won-t-let-you-sleep-at-night-because-you/) [Chris Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-gardner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12f/chris-gardner-3822_go_passion-is-the-thing-that-won-t-let-you_1418514.png) > [I have a passion for my car, and passion is the thing that drives us, that puts us in the position to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-staley/i-have-a-passion-for-my-car-and-passion-is-the-thing-that-drives-us/) [Dawn Staley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-staley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/dawn-staley-4962_achieve_i-have-a-passion-for-my-car-and-passion_2088216.png) > [Passion, that thing of beauty, that flowering without roots, has to be born, live and die without reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgette-leblanc/passion-that-thing-of-beauty-that-flowering-without-roots-has-to-be/) [Georgette Leblanc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgette-leblanc/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/georgette-leblanc-51263_beauty_passion-that-thing-of-beauty-that-flower_52200.jpg) > [“Passion is the thing that will help you create the highest expression of your talent. —LARRY SMITH, TEDx, NOVEMBER 2011”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmine-gallo/passion-is-the-thing-that-will-help-you-create-the-highest-expression/) [Carmine Gallo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmine-gallo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4de/carmine-gallo-24785_passion_passion-is-the-thing-that-will-help-you_3036518.png) > [“You MUST do what you love. Sometimes your passion will be the only thing that keeps you motivated.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faydra-d-fields/you-must-do-what-you-love-sometimes-your-passion-will-be-the-only/) [Faydra D. Fields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faydra-d-fields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/faydra-d-fields-25607_food-for-thought_you-must-do-what-you-love-sometimes-your_201917.jpg) > [Geekiness is that feeling of overwhelming passion for that thing in life that you focus on. Whether it be a nephew's first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-knowles/geekiness-is-that-feeling-of-overwhelming-passion-for-that-thing-in/) [Harry Knowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-knowles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/harry-knowles-36437_brothers_geekiness-is-that-feeling-of-overwhelmin_1939882.jpg) > [Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-patterson/passion-is-the-thing-that-sustains-you-in-acting-if-you-re-doing-it/) [Scott Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/scott-patterson-38021_acting_passion-is-the-thing-that-sustains-you-i_2197214.jpg) > [“If this is you, if you have found your passion, the very thing that makes you jump out of bed every day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ilian/if-this-is-you-if-you-have-found-your-passion-the-very-thing-that/) [George Ilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ilian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ec/george-ilian-27414_every-day_if-this-is-you-if-you-have-found-your-pa_2812020.jpg) > [Your passion is that one thing you can't stop thinking about, that thing you wake up thinking about in the morning, go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlamagne-tha-god/your-passion-is-that-one-thing-you-can-t-stop-thinking-about-that/) [Charlamagne tha God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlamagne-tha-god/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b80/charlamagne-tha-god-3770_morning_your-passion-is-that-one-thing-you-can-t_1417676.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/passion-thing/#itemlist", "name": "Passion Thing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Passion is not a thing, it's a state of mind.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mel Robbins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-robbins/passion-is-not-a-thing-it-s-a-state-of-mind/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/mel-robbins-12168_inspirational_passion-is-not-a-thing-it-s-a-state-of-m_706733.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/mel-robbins-12168_inspirational_passion-is-not-a-thing-it-s-a-state-of-m_706733.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/mel-robbins-12168_inspirational_passion-is-not-a-thing-it-s-a-state-of-m_706733.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Passion is not a thing, it's a state of mind.” — Mel Robbins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never started out trying to be an actor. 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