Enthusiasm Quotes - Page 19

• No other city in the U.S. can divest the visitor of so much money with so little enthusiasm. In Dallas, they take away with gusto; in New Orleans, with a bow; in San Francisco, with a wink and a grin. In New York, you're lucky if you get a grunt.

  Fletcher Knebel

  New York, New Orleans, Cities

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• Here is good news to those to whom enthusiasm does not come naturally: It can be cultivated. At first, you must consciously put your eyes, your voice, your spirit-in a word, yourself-into your appreciation of people and events and things. Do this around your home, at your work, and in your social contacts, and you will be surprised at how quickly it will become second nature. You will find yourself living in a more gracious and enthusiastic world, for your enthusiasm will be reflected back to you from the people to whom you give it.

  David Dunn

  Appreciation, Home, Eye

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• It has been said that "to enthuse" means "to fill with spirit," and that spirit of enthusiasm is awaiting release or manifestation. Enthusiasm can be harnessed and activated. It can be transferred from one person to another. The energy of enthusiasm is similar to a radio signal that carries around the world. It can be transmitted and received; and when enthusiasm is shared by a group of people, it can be potentiated to a higher degree of power.

  John Templeton

  Mean, People, Energy

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• Enthusiasm reaches out with joy, for there is nothing depressing about it; it reaches out in faith, for there is no fear in it; it reaches out with acceptance, for there is no doubt in it; it reaches out as a child for there is no uncertainty about it.

  Ernest Holmes

  Depressing, Children, Acceptance

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• Nothing great or new can be done without enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the fly-wheel which carries your saw through the knots in the log.

  Harvey Cushing

  Done, Saws, Wheels

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• Enthusiasm is the thing which makes the world go round. Without its driving power, nothing worth doing has ever been done. Love, friendship, religion, altruism, devotion to career or hobby-all these, and most of the other good things of life, are forms of enthusiasm.

  Robert Haven Schauffler

  Careers, Hobbies, Friendship Love

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• There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. Nothing is more keenly required than a defence of bores. When Byron divided humanity into the bores and bored, he omitted to notice that the higher qualities exist entirely in the bores, the lower qualities in the bored, among whom he counted himself. The bore, by his starry enthusiasm, his solemn happiness, may, in some sense, have proved himself poetical. The bored has certainly proved himself prosaic.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Boredom, Humanity, Quality

  1905 Heretics, ch.3.

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• The best benefit we derive from history is the enthusiasm it excites.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  History, Benefits

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• Geologists claim that although the world is running out of oil, there is still a 200-hundred-year supply of brake fluid.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Running, Years

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• The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm

  Leonard Bernstein

  Play, Firsts, Fiddle

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• If your short-term goals are too high, you may give up too soon. If your long-term goals are too low, they may not give you enough enthusiasm to drive you over the bumps in the road along the way.

  Darren LaCroix

  Giving Up, Long, Goal

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• We are all experiments in enthusiasms, narrow and preordained.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Experiments

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• If you are prepared to accept the consequences of your dreams then you must still regard America today with the same naive enthusiasm as the generations that discovered the New World.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Dream, Discovery, America

  Jean Baudrillard (1989). “America”, p.98, Verso

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• Who will speak for Planet Earth?

  Carl Sagan

  Earth, Speak, Planets

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• I confess that when I first read that smog is particularly hazardous to children, senior citizens, and physically active people, for a brief moment I thought, “I’m in the clear for at least 10 more years.”

  Paula Poundstone

  Senior, Children, Years

  "Lean, Green Fighting Machine". www.motherjones.com. March/April 1997.

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• It sounds strange to say it, but you can be in a war zone and have a lot of fun. Even though war is essentially pain on all sides, human beings have the capacity to enjoy themselves. The soldiers are mostly young people, full of enthusiasm and energy, and that's an exciting thing for an old guy like me.

  Bruce Cockburn

  Fun, Pain, War

  "Gavin's Woodpile". www.brucecockburn.org. December 15, 2012.

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• Even in my stand-up, there's a lot more positivity and enthusiasm rather than negative, I-hate-everything vibes.

  Aziz Ansari

  Hate, Positivity, Negative

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• Progress can be slow and gradual. Continue putting in effort with patience, enthusiasm and faith.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Effort, Meditation, Progress

  Twitter post from Jul 17, 2014

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• Education, which was at first made universal in order that all might be able to read and write, has been found capable of serving quite other purposes. By instilling nonsense it unifies populations and generates collective enthusiasm.

  Bertrand Russell

  Education, Writing, School

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.61, Routledge

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• Pay close attention to any flame of enthusiasm.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Flames, Attention, Pay

  Gretchen Rubin (2012). “Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life”, p.219, Harmony

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• What we need is a world full of miracles, like the miracle of seeing the young child seeking work and independence, and manifesting a wealth of enthusiasm and love.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Miracle, Independence

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• 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

  Norton Juster

  Trying, Doing You, Vengeance

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• While enthusiasm may be necessary for great accomplishments elsewhere, on Wall Street it almost invariably leads to disaster

  Benjamin Graham

  Wall, Accomplishment, Investing

  Benjamin Graham (2009). “The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed”, p.15, Harper Collins

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• Never lose your childish enthusiasm and things will come your way.

  Frances Mayes

  Way, Your Children, Loses

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• Set realistic goals short and long term.
  2. Plan an orderly and thorough routine to train the entire body.
  3. Make a commitment to stick to your routine for four to six weeks to realize the changes and benefits, develop perseverance and create a habit.
  4. Establish enthusiasm for your training, the driving force to perform successfully.
  5. Ease into an appropriate training program with a wholesome, thoughtful nutritional plan: proper foods, amounts and order of consumption.
  6. Be confident from the beginning that the application of these sound principles will produce the desired results.

  Dave Draper

  Perseverance, Commitment, Thoughtful

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