Passion

I knew what intellectual passion felt like — because I'd felt it here, at Princeton — and I wanted to feel it again. I was 26 years old. Had I waited until I was 36, I would never have done it. I would have forgotten the feeling.

Everyone you need is in this room. These are the shiny, more important people. We can't help it — we burn very brightly. Please don't ever stop.

Just hold on and keep loving what you love. And you'll see, in the end, they will let you stay.

It's your curiosity and enthusiasm that will get you noticed and make your life interesting—not your grade point average.

Success comes to the prepared mind. Success is not like rain that falls from the sky equally upon everyone. Success is what you reap when you sow with passion and optimism.

It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.

Whatever you end up doing in this life, make sure above all that it's interesting. Because most likely you're going to spend a third of the rest of your life working for a living. And if what you do bores you, that means you're going to spend a third of the rest of your life being bored.

It's your curiosity and enthusiasm that will get you noticed and make your life interesting — not your grade point average.

Whatever you choose to do, do it with a childlike passion.

Do good for people. Learn about people. Have passion for people, and you'll always be happy with your art and with yourselves.

Passion is the thing that you find in your life that you can care about, that you can cling to, that you can invest yourself in, heart, body, and soul.

They know 'vision' — but they don't see it. They know 'passion' — but they don't feel it. They know 'integrity' — but they don't live by it. They know the words — but they don't know the music.