“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”
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Maya Angelou247
American author and poet 1928–2014Related quotes
“Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take you eyes off your goal.”
Henry James (1843–1916) American novelist, short story author, and literary critic
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”
Henry Ford (1863–1947) American industrialist
“There is something you can do that no one else can do just like you so love your life!”
Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker
David Gemmell book Quest for Lost Heroes
Source: Drenai series, Quest for Lost Heroes, Ch. 4
Context: Never let anger, or outrage, or fear affect you. That is easy advice to give, but hard to follow. Men will bait you, they will laugh at you, they will jeer. But it is just noise, Kiall. They will hurt the people you love. They will do anything to make you angry or emotional. But the only way you can make them suffer is to win. And to do that you must remain cool.
James Taylor (1948) American singer-songwriter and guitarist
"Shower the People"
Song lyrics, In the Pocket (1976)