The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and with… - Nicholas Sparks

Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there’s nothing to make it last.

...good teachers are priceless. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it. Because they're passionate about their subjects.

I lost you once, I think I can do it again.

So many people these days, it seemed, believed that these things (personal fulfillment and self-esteem) could come only from work, not from parenting, and many people believed that having children had nothing to do with raising them.