Enthusiasm Quotes - Page 11

• I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be

  Roald Dahl

  Life, Inspiring, Passion

  Roald Dahl (2012). “My Uncle Oswald”, p.37, Penguin

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• Enthusiasm is the height of man; it is the passing from the human to the divine.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Height, Divine

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1954). “The Power of Emerson's Wisdom”

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• Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.

  Ray Bradbury

  Inspirational, Life, Dream

  Ray Bradbury (2016). “Fahrenheit 451”, p.76, Hamilton Books

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• Enthusiasm is a volcano on whose top never grows the grass of hesitation.

  Khalil Gibran

  Volcanoes, Grass, Hesitation

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• Enthusiasm gives life to what is invisible; and interest to what has no immediate action on our comfort in this world.

  Madame de Stael

  Life, Giving, Inspire

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• Mere enthusiasm is the all in all.

  William Blake

  Mere

  Thomas Wright, William Blake (1969). “The life of William Blake”

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• Mere enthusiasm is the all in all... / Passion and expression are beauty itself.

  William Blake

  Passion, Expression, Mere

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• Learning a new thing is a shortcut to joy and informs your area of mastery.

  Sara Genn

  Joy, Mastery, Shortcuts

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• What is needed is competence first and enthusiasm first. There is nothing second! Although each or one of these alone is a good start, one without the other is impotent. But if I had a choice I would have enthusiasm first.

  Julius Sumner Miller

  Choices, Firsts, Competence

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• Enthusiasm is the intoxication of earnestness.

  Alphonse de Lamartine

  Intoxication, Earnestness

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• The fire of true enthusiasm is like the fires of Baku, which no water can ever quench, and which burn steadily on from night to day, and year to year, because their well-spring is eternal.

  Ouida

  Spring, Night, Years

  Ouida (1870). “Held in Bondage: Or, Granville de Vigne a Tale of the Day”, p.197

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• I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Passion, Player

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• The key to success is not through achievement, but through enthusiasm.

  Malcolm Forbes

  Funny, Keys, Achievement

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• Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.

  William Arthur Ward

  Teaching, Inspiration, Learning

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• Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking.

  Dale Carnegie

  Heartfelt, Important, Public Speaking

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• Enthusiasm is the electric current that keeps the engine of life going at top speed.

  W. Clement Stone

  Motivational, Electric Current, Speed

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• Enthusiasm is something you can't fake, and it has a tremendous effect on everyone around you.

  David Cottrell

  Leadership, Monday, Morning

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

  Ray Torres

  Dream, Share, Be Careful

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• A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Fire, Burning, Hotter

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1872). “Kavanagh, and Other Pieces”, p.364

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• Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Motivational, Soul, Mind

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• Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it because it gives any challenge or any occupation, no mater how frightening or difficult, a new meaning. Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it you can accomplish miracles

  Og Mandino

  Memorable, Giving, Accomplishment

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• Do not be afraid of enthusiasm. You need it. You can do nothing effectively without it.

  Francois Guizot

  Needs, Can Do

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• If you are not getting as much from life as you want to, then examine the state of your enthusiasm.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Want, States, Ifs

  Norman Vincent Peale (1989). “Six Attitudes for Winners”, Tyndale House Pub

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• Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast

  Minna Antrim

  People, Ballast, Affected

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• Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagination, in the enthusiasm of genius.

  Isaac D'Israeli

  Philosophy, Science, Imagination

  "The Literary Character, Illustrated by the History of Men of Genius". Book by Isaac D'Israeli, chapter XII, 1795-1822.

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