Enthusiasm Quotes

Let a man once see himself as others see him, and all enthusiasm vanishes from his heart.

Youth, enthusiasm, and tenderness are like the days of spring. Instead of complaining, O my heart, of their brief duration, try to enjoy them.

Go at life every day with passion and enthusiasm... and when challenges arrive, simply do not give up.

The four great motives for writing prose are sheer egoism, esthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose.

Be the answer not the question.

I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is fair enough.

Someone's always saying, "It's not whether you win or lose," but if you feel that way, you're as good as dead.

Though my father was a sirdar, he always carried loads. It is hard for someone who is walking unburdened to generate in others an enthusiasm for work.

Po's [Kung Fu Panda] unending enthusiasm is something we wish we could have. We can't help but root for him because of his geek energy.

I suggested back in 1980 to do a chronological live album, but there wasn't that much enthusiasm for it.

If we venture beyond the pale of Scripture, we are...exposed to all the illusions of imagination and enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm and misplaced belief can take you a long way.

Nothing about us without us.

My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the sports world that I had 38 years ago.

You can teach a bear to tango on a barrel but his enthusiasm and performance are limited and brief.

I think I'd like to be inspirational to anyone who has a dream, anyone who wants to make more of their life than maybe what is set out in front of them. And you can!

I admire many entrepreneurs. They bring energy, excitement, youthful enthusiasm. What they lack in process, they make up for in gumption.

Enthusiasm is contagious, and the person who has it, under control, is generally welcome in any group of people.

I write out of enthusiasm. Momentum that comes from a new idea. Eagerness to explore. I also write out of fear - fear of losing an idea - fear of feeling stagnant.

You can make yourself enthusiastic by affirming enthusiasm and by thinking, talking, acting enthusiastic.

If we are desperate, though , if we have nothing to lose, or if we are full of enthusiasm for life, then the unknown reveals itself, and our universe changes direction.

Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary enthusiasm!

A sincere soul is not trying to make a show. His enthusiasm is an act of service.

Be genuinely interested in everyone you meet and everyone you meet will be genuinely interested in you

Be careful who you share your dreams with; not everyone shares your enthusiasm.

When we're infused with either enthusiasm or awe or fondness ... it changes what we see. It changes what we remember.

In case the rest of you missed it, the inspirational speech was: 'If you work hard, you can achieve great things. And then you die'.

Everybody thinks they are right

Passion is the fire, enthusiasm and courage that an individual feels when she is doing something she loves while accomplishing worthy ends, something that satisfies her deepest needs.

Don't be taken in by the guff that critics are killing the theater. Commonly they sin on the side of enthusiasm. Too often they give their blessing to trash.

So much of my self worth was tied with my position. It felt like I was being enveloped in darkness. It was a sense of loss of enthusiasm, a loss of happiness, a significant decline in self worth.

It has been said that people never do evil with more enthusiasm than when they do it in the name of God.

It's relatively easy to generate a lot of enthusiasm for Puget Sound in the short term. Sustaining the effort to clean it up is somewhat tougher.

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.

When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again.

Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.

It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head.

Our feelings are unreliable and cannot be trusted to convey truth.

Hassan couldn't read a first-grade textbook but he'd read me plenty. That was a little unsettling but also sort of comfortable to have someone who always knew what you needed.

if you just go on dreaming then it stays a dream and becomes stale and dead. But first to dream and then to do isn't that the way to make a dream come true

Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin.

We don't have a soul. We are a soul. We happen to have a body.

It doesn’t matter who we are or where we’ve been, God sent His Son for us – that’s the beauty of the Gospel.

A new challenge keeps the brain kicking and the heart ticking.

Art cannot be bought or sold. It can only be created or destroyed.

Death is the reward for living

Forgiveness is God's greatest gift

I know writers have to be crazy. But more than that that, they have to get made and stay mad. If things don't make a writer mad, he'll end up writing Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottantail.

Dreaming is the poetry of Life, and we must be forgiven if we indulge in it a little.

God would light the way. Faith would keep them on the right path.