Bruce Cockburn Quotes

You have to believe that it is what you want to do with your life and you have to be dedicated to it.

I am very driven. I work really hard, whether it's acting or my charity or even poker. When I focus on something I give it my all.

I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say to myself, OK, look, I'm not messing around. This is something I want to attack, instead of thinking, I'll just see what happens with it.

If a thing seems to you worth working for at all, if it appears to you of moment enough to challenge any effort, then put into what you do all the enthusiasm of which you are capable, regardless of criticism.

No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices.

I love acting, so it's easy when you have a passion for it. I've always found the harder you work, the luckier you get.

When the technique doesn't arrive at the best level, arrive with your heart, with head, with enthusiasm, with passion, with work.

If I take up something, then it's only because I love it so. It makes no sense to leave it just because I got a better offer.

It's never just about talent, it's about a lot more than that.

Your tenacity is a larger deciding factor in your success than however good or bad an actor you may be. I feel like that's just something that cannot be overstated enough for people getting into the business. You have to really want it more than anybody else.

I left everything I had to become an actor. So, I better be excited, or otherwise, there is no point in doing all this. Else I would end up being disappointed with whatever I achieve.

Music is my passion, and where there is a will there is a way.

At the end of the day, you're going to go through obstacles, but with passion, you will be successful, and you will accomplish whatever your dreams are.

Whatever you want to follow as your passion, it's about having the right mental attitude, having the right focus, following your dream and never wavering from it.

Go out into the world with your passion and love for what you do, and just never give up.

I don't know whether I am mentally tough or not, but one thing I know is that I like the game and spend as much time as possible on it.

Never give up searching for the job that you're passionate about.

Find the thing you love, and do it with all your heart, to the absolute best of your ability, no matter what people say.

A dream shouldn't be measured by its size or scope, nor by the age or the experience of the dreamer, but rather by the passion, integrity and commitment of that dreamer to follow his or her heart

Perseverance is one key. And do what you like.

So that's why you've got to try, you got to breath and have some fun. Though I'm not paid, I play this game, and I won't stop until I'm done. But what I really want to know is - Are you gonna go my way?

Whenever I do something, I tend to focus on it and spend all of my time and energy on it.

I guess passion keeps me going.

When people have a passion and desire, it burns through and shows.

I've always been somebody who sort of throws himself, you could say, obsessively into whatever thing I'm passionate about.