Enthusiasm Quotes
Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.
Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.
Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.
Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity, but with it you can accomplish miracles.
A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.
Fate is the malevolent little jester sitting up in the heavens and pondering over how ridiculous we humans are and he does his best to make fools out of all of us. And sooner or later he succeeds.
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.
If I lose, I'll walk away and never feel bad because I did all I could. There was nothing more to do.
Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.
Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.
There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.
Until mountain biking came along, the bike scene was ruled by a small elite cadre of people who seemed allergic to enthusiasm.
What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.
Nothing lasts forever. But the thing is, you can reuse some. Use your mind. - Leo's Mother, The Lost Hero
We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing
Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.
Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.
Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.
The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests.
Your enthusiasm becomes their enthusiasm; your lukewarm presentation becomes their lukewarm interest in what you're offering.
The one thing that fills me with enthusiasm is to try, despite everything, to get nearer to those visions that seem so hard to express.
Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.
I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.
We will never be happy until we make God the source of our fulfillment and the answer to our longings. He is the only one who should have power over our souls.