Viggo Mortensen Quotes

Everyone is passionate about something. It's your job to find out what it is.

I've always said in my career and in my life I only do things I'm interested in.

Do whatever interests you the most. Passion breeds success.

Converting your own passions into a job is the fastest method for eliminating any passion you once had.

I choose questions to work on according to how much they excite me.

I look for stuff that I'm passionate about.

Once something is a passion, the motivation is there.

Do what you think is interesting, do something that you think is fun and worthwhile, because otherwise you won't do it well anyway.

My mom never really pushed me into doing something. It was kind of whatever I wanted to do, and that was what made me continue and have the longevity that I had in my career. I went through ups and downs in the pool when I loved it and when I hated it.

When you find what you love, you do it. That's it.

Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. When people suggest you follow your "passion" or your "bliss," I propose that they are, in fact, referring to the same singular concept: excitement. This brings us full circle. The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?"

Don't chase the money... chase the passion. Because that's what is going to keep you happy and motivated and jumping out of that bed Monday morning.

Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a goal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really commit themselves to, which they can put their whole heart and soul into.

The source of continuing aliveness was to find your passion and pursue it, with whole heart and single mind.

The secret in the search for meaning is to find your passion and pursue it.

I'm very determined and stubborn. There's a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit.

Go after what gives you goosebumps.

Enthusiasm is a divine possession.

Seek passion, seek passion, seek passion!

The point is you keep going. You want to. So all the things that make you want to are the point.

No alarm clock needed. My passion wakes me up.. !

Inspiration is being motivated by a person or idea. Motivation is being inspired by an object. When people are inspired, they don't need motivation.

I never wanted to do away with my intensity because I felt it was a gift that helped put fuel in my engine, giving me exceptional drive and energy.

I like the color red because it's a fire. And I see myself as always being on fire.