I was really glad to meet Jane Clark because it did give me an insight. I couldn't imagine what kind of woman she was. I was hugely impressed by her energy, straightforward nature and enthusiasm for life.
~By Jenny Agutter ~
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 ~
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 ~
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 ~
The real secret of success is enthusiasm.
~By Walter Chrysler ~
On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out.
~By Arne Jacobsen ~
It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
~By Oliver Wendell Holmes ~
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 ~
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
~By Norman Vincent Peale ~
Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith.
~By Herbert Croly ~
With Star Wars fans, there's so much enthusiasm, and it's a completely different generation now.
~By Peter Mayhew ~
Faked enthusiasm is worse than bad acting - it is bad acting with the intent to deceive.
~By Bo Bennett ~
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 for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
~By William Howard Taft ~
A salesman minus enthusiasm is just a clerk.
~By Harry F. Banks ~
I wouldn't want the pressure of a Six Feet Under or the pressure of improvising like Curb Your Enthusiasm.
~By Robert Englund ~
Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.
~By Bryant H. McGill ~
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
~By Sidonie Gabrielle Colette ~
I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't encouraged and then didn't go anywhere with it and so they're unhappy in their jobs as adults.
~By William Joyce ~
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 ~
Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.
~By Blaise Pascal ~
Enthusiasm is the yeast that raises the dough.
~By Paul J. Meyer ~
One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.
~By Stefan Zweig ~
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 ~
A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions.
~By Augustus Hare ~
I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do what they were most afraid of doing, to widen their horizons of action.
~By James Broughton ~
I guess my enthusiasm kind of rubs off on people.
~By Margaret Murray ~
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 ~
The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland.
~By James Larkin ~
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 ~
True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it.
~By Charlotte Bronte ~
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 ~
Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.
~By Bryant H. McGill ~
Let there be great enthusiasm for the plan throughout the entire republic that will overcome all obstacles. Let us join together to realize the Five Year Plan and bring our economy and our own living standards to previously unknown heights.
~By Walter Ulbricht ~
Flying is the only active profession I would ever continue with enthusiasm after the War.
~By Wilfred Owen ~
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm.
~By Thomas John Watson, Sr. ~
If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
~By Bruce Barton ~
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 ~
Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.
~By Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel ~
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 ~
I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.
~By Patricia Ireland ~
Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.
~By Tennessee Williams ~
I set very high standards for myself and worked every game with the same energy and enthusiasm as if it were the seventh game of a World Series.
~By Jim Evans ~
But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence they communicated to me! I wept for joy.
~By Ho Chi Minh ~
Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.
~By Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
~By Charles Schwab ~
Curb Your Enthusiasm, is not so much about Hollywood. It's more about Larry's weaknesses.
~By Kevin Nealon ~
If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere.
~By Loretta Young ~
All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene.
~By William Ellery Channing ~
I've experienced a private doubt, something that I've kept deeply inside, and then eventually delivered a piece of work that people responded to with huge enthusiasm.
~By Trevor Nunn ~
Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm.
~By Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel ~
Enthusiasm moves the world.
~By Arthur Balfour ~
Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.
~By David Seabury ~
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
~By Thomas J. Watson ~
To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.
~By David Viscott ~
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
~By Samuel Ullman ~
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.
~By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~
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 ~
As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later.
~By Alistair Cooke ~
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
~By Christian Nestell Bovee ~
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 ~
Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
~By Edgar Watson Howe ~
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
~By Adam Smith ~
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
~By Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
~By Charles Schwab ~
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 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 ~
We have built a genuine level of enthusiasm and goodwill with people throughout this district. People are really excited about the possibilities this election holds, not just for this district, but because of the message Alabama sent to the rest of the country.
~By Artur Davis ~
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 ~
There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic cords. Lincoln's speech excited and sustained the enthusiasm of his audience to the end.
~By Henry Villard ~
I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
~By Anatole France ~
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
~By Pele ~
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 ~
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 ~
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
~By W. Clement Stone ~
I wouldn't call it radical; I would call it enthusiasm for progress.
~By John Templeton ~
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
~By Winston Churchill ~
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 ~
My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.
~By Steve Irwin ~
The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.
~By Sargent Shriver ~
I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.
~By Steve Irwin ~
Enthusiasm is that temper of the mind in which the imagination has got the better of the judgment.
~By William Warburton ~
My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
~By Sally Kirkland ~
From my point of view what I have to do now is appreciate and enjoy what football gave me, but now do something else with the same energy and enthusiasm I gave to football without expecting the same results.
~By Graeme Le Saux ~
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.
~By Aldous Huxley ~
Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies.
~By Delia Ephron ~
It's been the most creatively liberating thing I've ever done and so I'm bringing some of that mad enthusiasm to Marvel for the next couple of years as they let me loose on some Marvel Universe titles you'll be hearing about soon.
~By Mark Millar ~
I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.
~By Edward Appleton ~
Just after I entered my teens I suddenly entertained an insatiable enthusiasm for the delightful habit of criticizing others.
~By Loretta Young ~
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 ~
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 ~
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 ~
While we are focusing on fear, worry, or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love.
~By Bo Bennett ~
If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
~By Norman Vincent Peale ~
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
~By Henry David Thoreau ~
Approach every film with the same enthusiasm, regardless of its budget.
~By Lou Diamond Phillips ~
What I bring to the table is a huge enthusiasm and love for this stuff.
~By Ted Allen ~
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
~By Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.
~By Murray Gell Mann ~
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 ~
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