The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm.
~By Thomas John Watson, Sr. ~
One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.
~By Stefan Zweig ~
Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith.
~By Herbert Croly ~
Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.
~By David Seabury ~
All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene.
~By William Ellery Channing ~
Training was a time where resolutions made in the enthusiasm of an inspired moment were put to personal test.
~By Herb Elliott ~
It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
~By Oliver Wendell Holmes ~
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
~By Norman Vincent Peale ~
A salesman minus enthusiasm is just a clerk.
~By Harry F. Banks ~
It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.
~By Walter Annenberg ~
I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.
~By Bruce Jenner ~
Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.
~By Henry Miller ~
It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.
~By Arthur Balfour ~
Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.
~By Ambrose Bierce ~
Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.
~By Letitia Landon ~
Enthusiasm moves the world.
~By Arthur Balfour ~
Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection.
~By Alban Berg ~
To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other.
~By Helena Petrova Blavatsky ~
I cannot explain why they made that sequel to Secret of NIMH. Because they claim that it the original didn't make money, so what was the enthusiasm to make a sequel?
~By Don Bluth ~
One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.
~By Ella Maillart ~
I have always looked upon alchemy in natural philosophy to be like enthusiasm in divinity, and to have troubled the world much to the same purpose.
~By William Temple ~
Enthusiasm is the yeast that raises the dough.
~By Paul J. Meyer ~
I am hoping the four new players can bring in some energy and fresh enthusiasm because they do not have the baggage that comes from being part of a losing side.
~By Andy Pick ~
I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.
~By Michael Jordan ~
The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue.
~By George A. Smith ~
The people in East Germany have lived through so many changes in the last 15 years like never before in the country, and they did this often with great enthusiasm. But in the West we also have a high degree of transformations.
~By Angela Merkel ~
Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
~By Douglas MacArthur ~
I wouldn't call it radical; I would call it enthusiasm for progress.
~By John Templeton ~
Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life; to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.
~By Howard Cosell ~
Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away.
~By Lafcadio Hearn ~
I guess my enthusiasm kind of rubs off on people.
~By Margaret Murray ~
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
~By Charles Schwab ~
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
~By Thomas J. Watson ~
It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action.
~By Samuel Smiles ~
True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it.
~By Charlotte Bronte ~
Useful as a war against France, undertaken by the Government against the will of the people would be for our revolutionary development, just so dangerous must be the effect upon our democratic development of a war supported by blind popular enthusiasm.
~By Ferdinand Lassalle ~
The boredom occasioned by too much restraint is always preferable to that produced by an uncontrolled enthusiasm for a pointless variety.
~By Osbert Lancaster ~
Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.
~By John Lothrop Motley ~
There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
~By Edgar Allan Poe ~
Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.
~By Tennessee Williams ~
It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with patriotic enthusiasm and resentment over real or fancied wrongs, urging them forward to war.
~By Elihu Root ~
It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.
~By Alan Autry ~
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
~By Alexander Hamilton ~
A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.
~By John Muir ~
Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.
~By James A. Baldwin ~
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.
~By Aldous Huxley ~
Brazil has rediscovered itself, and this rediscovery is being expressed in its people's enthusiasm and their desire to mobilize to face the huge problems that lie ahead of us.
~By Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ~
Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.
~By Henry Ford ~
The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college.
~By Francis Ford Coppola ~
Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.
~By Bryant H. McGill ~
However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute.
~By Frederick Reines ~
The crucial question one comes back to is the examination; without that experience is meaningless. And I think it's true that society is becoming more and more passive, less and less fired up with enthusiasm, in many spheres.
~By Peter Hammill ~
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.
~By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~
Enthusiasm is not the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster.
~By Bo Bennett ~
As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later.
~By Alistair Cooke ~
Sometimes you don't know what you've got until you put it in front of an audience - and the enthusiasm for the show from the audience has been just incredible.
~By Matthew Bourne ~
My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.
~By Steve Irwin ~
With Star Wars fans, there's so much enthusiasm, and it's a completely different generation now.
~By Peter Mayhew ~
Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument.
~By George Sand ~
It came as a surprise to find that a professional society and journal (Econometrica) were flourishing, and I entered this area of study with great enthusiasm.
~By Lawrence R. Klein ~
What I bring to the table is a huge enthusiasm and love for this stuff.
~By Ted Allen ~
I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?
~By James Thomson ~
Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.
~By Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~
How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.
~By Jim Valvano ~
Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
~By Dale Carnegie ~
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
~By Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton ~
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
~By Dale Carnegie ~
I wouldn't want the pressure of a Six Feet Under or the pressure of improvising like Curb Your Enthusiasm.
~By Robert Englund ~
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
~By Samuel Ullman ~
If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere.
~By Loretta Young ~
Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
~By Tom Peters ~
I've been amazed at the degree to which Democrats, in particular, have expressed their enthusiasm for the president's manner with which he handled this budget.
~By Tom Daschle ~
Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down.
~By Sargent Shriver ~
You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it.
~By Emil Zatopek ~
I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet!
~By Robert Duvall ~
I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
~By Carl Sagan ~
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
~By Henry David Thoreau ~
If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
~By Norman Vincent Peale ~
Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.
~By Bo Bennett ~
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
~By Sidonie Gabrielle Colette ~
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.
~By Arnold J. Toynbee ~
Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
~By William Howard Taft ~
Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.
~By Blaise Pascal ~
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
~By Adam Smith ~
And because of the reunion I think we've got more energy and enthusiasm than we've ever had. And it's genuine. I think the fans can detect when you're genuine, when you love what you do, and we love to be there on stage. That's what we thrive on.
~By Glenn Tipton ~
At this period the enthusiasm of the amateur was fast giving way to a more steady commercial instinct, and I let no opportunity slip of improving my position, but I felt that I was still labouring under the disadvantage of not having acquired some technical profession.
~By Henry Bessemer ~
Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians being slaughtered and enslaved in the Sudan.
~By Jack Schwartz ~
I think the biggest difficulty is that when I'm here in America, there's a necessity of using English, so I really have a great sense of really wanting to learn, but unfortunately when I head back to Japan, the necessity vanishes and so does my enthusiasm about learning.
~By Chiaki Kuriyama ~
You look at shows like The Simpsons or Larry Sanders or Curb Your Enthusiasm or Seinfeld, they're really sophisticated shows that we all love back home.
~By Simon Pegg ~
Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a wild affair! No, not seriously, sometimes the deal is more interesting with a new publisher, and other times they have more enthusiasm for your books.
~By Jackie Collins ~
What it all boils down to for me is having the enthusiasm to do something for enjoyment and being stimulated by what's around you. That's what photography does for me.
~By Graeme Le Saux ~
I was studying to be an architect, I wasn't plotting to join the movies. Films were just another career option. I took acting up with the same schoolgirl enthusiasm I had for examinations. Acting is a job and I take it very seriously.
~By Aishwarya Rai ~
Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.
~By Minna Antrim ~
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
~By Earl Nightingale ~
Just after I entered my teens I suddenly entertained an insatiable enthusiasm for the delightful habit of criticizing others.
~By Loretta Young ~
I noticed recently, in the last few shows I did, that I'm starting to get people - not a large group, but quite a few people - who come to see me because they love Curb Your Enthusiasm.
~By Wanda Sykes ~
But I find the best things I do, I do when I'm trying to avoid doing something else I'm supposed to be doing. You know, you're working on something. You get bugged, or you lose your enthusiasm or something. So you turn to something else with an absolute vengeance.
~By Norton Juster ~
I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.
~By Jerome Lawrence ~
Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
~By Richard Ernst ~
Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled and sickened.
~By Fritz Kreisler ~
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