quotations and passages on enthusiasm

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world.
It is nothing more or less than faith in action.

Henry Chester

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 H. Schauffler

Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world
is the triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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 matter 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

The worst bankrupt in the world is the person
who has lost his or her enthusiasm.

H.W. Arnold

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor
can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless people.
Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort
and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

James Baldwin

If you can give your son or daughter
only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

Bruce Barton

Enthusiasm, like measles, mumps, and the common cold, is highly contagious.

Emory Ward

Enthusiasm is the element
of success in everything.
It is the light that leads and
the strength that lifts people
on and up in the great
struggles of scientific
pursuits and of professional
labor. It robs endurance
of difficulty, and makes
pleasure of duty.

George Washington Doane

Enthusiasm is not a thing which some possess and others lack.
All persons have it potentially, but only a few are able to express it.

William K. Atkinson

Enthusiasm is one of life's greatest qualities, but it must be practiced
to become a dominant factor in one's life. There is
real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference
between mediocrity and accomplishment.

Norman Vincent Peale

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

One person has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days,
but it is the person who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his or her life.

Edward B. Butler

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence,
is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

Dale Carnegie

The Greeks have given us one
of the most beautiful words of
our language, the word
"enthusiasm"--a god within.
The grandeur of the acts
of people is measured
by the inspiration from
which they spring. Happy
are they who bear a God within.

Louis Pasteur

There can be no success without enthusiasm.
The secret of a full life is lots of enthusiasm,
the kind that keeps you fighting and winning
over all obstacles--and enjoying every minute of it.

Alfred Krebs

Years wrinkle the skin. But to lose enthusiasm in life wrinkles the soul.

Anonymous

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Henry David Thoreau

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We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life,
when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Charles Kingsley

Greet the dawn with enthusiasm and you may expect satisfaction at sunset.

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Enthusiasm--from the beginning, a remarkable word. The ancient Greeks used it to describe an inspired person: en meaning in, and theos meaning god. The enthusiastic person, they thought, was one who reflected the presence of an in-dwelling god. . . .

Enthusiasm is more than simple excitement. It also involves affection for the object that arouses it. The enthusiastic person loves the thing he or she feels excited about, great or small, important or unimportant, a marriage partner or an ice-cream cone. When one feels enthusiasm, one gives out love, and this--I'm sure--is the indwelling deity that the Greeks had in mind--or perhaps a fragment of the Kingdom of God that the Bible says is within us. . . .

Because it has optimism in it, because it's closely allied to cheerfulness, enthusiasm has the power to lift people over the rough places in life. Which of us does not admire some friend who has proved his or her capacity to endure staggering blows, keeping their sense of humor, their interest in things, their vitality intact? We marvel, as a rule, that such people are able to retain their enthusiasm. The truth probably is that their enthusiasm--the love power inside--is supporting them.

Arthur Gordon

Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success.
When you do a thing, do it with all your might. . . .
Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful,
and you will accomplish your objective.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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