Enthusiastic Quotes - Page 2

• It is a commonplace that the League of Nations is not yet-what its most enthusiastic protagonists intended it to be

  Hjalmar Branting

  League, Corny, Protagonists

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• There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power.

  Eugenio Montale

  Country, Squares, Crowds

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• Until democracy in effective enthusiastic action fills the vacuum created by the power of modern inventions, we may expect the fascists to increase in power after the war both in the United States and in the world.

  Henry A. Wallace

  War, Democracy, Vacuums

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• May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Joy, Understanding, Humanity

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• You can meet a young person who goes to school and is really enthusiastic, but if a sufficiently strong personality convinces them that this is a waste of time, that person might flunk out.

  Stanley Crouch

  Strong, School, Personality

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• The crew, like all Italian crews, was generous, warm, and enthusiastic.

  Barbara Steele

  Italian, Crew, Warm

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• I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.

  Waylon Jennings

  Song, Band, Problem

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• The bureaucracy is not great. I don't think Rick Santorum who is not one for being a big proponent of large bureaucracies would be as enthusiastic a supporter of it.

  Harold Ford, Jr.

  Thinking, Would Be, Bigs

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• I'm enthusiastic and ambitious, and I work hard.

  Jason Statham

  Hard Work, Ambitious, Hard

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• Almost everybody is enthusiastic about the promise of biotechnology to cure disease and to relieve suffering.

  Leon Kass

  Promise, Suffering, Disease

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• The real secret of success is enthusiasm.

  Walter Chrysler

  Inspirational, Success, Real

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• The postwar [WWII] GI Bill of Rights - and the enthusiastic response to it on the part of America's veterans - signaled the shift to the knowledge society. Future historians may consider it the most important event of the twentieth century. We are clearly in the midst of this transformation; indeed, if history is any guide, it will not be completed until 2010 or 2020. But already it has changed the political, economic and moral landscape of the world.

  Peter Drucker

  Rights, Important Events, America

  "Post-Capitalist Society". Book by Peter F. Drucker, 1993.

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• Kindness Day? Kindness Day? Do you suppose if we were kind and enthusiastic for centuries uninterruptedly, that someone would create 'Nasty, Indifferent Day'?

  Patch Adams

  Kindness, Nasty, Century

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• When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.

  Paulo Coelho

  Positive, Positivity, Simple

  "Question time". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2009.

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• We're just enthusiastic about what we do.

  Steve Jobs

  Life Lesson, Innovation

  "Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs". Interview With David Sheff, reprints.longform.org. February 1985.

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  People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Permission to Play: Taking Time to Renew Your Smile". Book by Jill Murphy Long, 2003.

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• Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.

  Gordon Parks

  Life, Acting, Enthusiasm

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• It was lovely when you found students who responded to things you were enthusiastic about.

  William Maxwell

  Lovely, Students, Found

  William Maxwell, Barbara Burkhardt (2012). “Conversations with William Maxwell”, p.47, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Negativity, Enthusiasm, Protect

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• Reason alone is insufficient to make us enthusiastic in any matter.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Service Culture, Enthusiasm, Matter

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• Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Finding Happiness, Persons

  H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.41, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• You have the greatest chance of winning when your first commitment is to a total and enthusiastic involvement in the game itself. Enthusiasm is what matters most.

  John Brodie

  Commitment, Wrestling, Winning

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• An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Success, Clever

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• If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Positive, Breakup, Encouragement

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• Enthusiasm moves the world.

  Arthur Balfour

  Inspirational, Moving, Optimistic

  Letter to Mrs Drew, 19 May 1891, in Some Hawarden Letters (1917) ch. 7

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