Enthusiasm Quotes - Page 10

• An enthusiastic heart finds opportunities everywhere.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Heart, Opportunity

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jul 28, 2010

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• Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity, but with it you can accomplish miracles.

  Og Mandino

  Miracle, Mediocrity, Accomplish

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• It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

  Arthur Balfour

  Truth, Moving, World

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

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• Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.

  Murray Gell-Mann

  Depression, Disappointment, Disappointing

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• The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests.

  Angela Merkel

  Groups, Asking, Problem

  Interview with Bertrand Benoit, Andrew Gowers, www.ft.com. July 20, 2005.

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• Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm.

  Arnold J. Toynbee

  Overcoming, Apathy

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• Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Negativity, Protect, Enthusiastic

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• Enthusiasm is the breath of genius.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Genius, Breaths

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• Enthusiasts soon understand each other.

  Washington Irving

  Washington Irving (1850). “Tales of a traveller, by Geoffrey Crayon, gent. Illustr”, p.60

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• Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Intelligent, Enthusiasm For Life

  Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1861). “Curiosities of literature”, p.213

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• I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

  Anatole France

  Wisdom, Literature, Indifference

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• It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Motivational, Courage, Strong

  Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5

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• Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence.

  Henry Chester

  Inspirational, Enthusiasm For Life, World

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• One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.

  Stefan Zweig

  Convince, Convinced

  Stefan Zweig, Friderike Maria Burger Winternitz Zweig (1981). “Unrast der Liebe: ihr Leben und ihre Zeit im Spiegel ihres Briefwechsels”

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• The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I would say excitement. I like to see men get excited. When they get excited they make a success of their lives.

  Walter Chrysler

  Motivational, Real, Men

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• The world belongs to the energetic.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Work

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). “Letters and Social Aims”, p.123

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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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• There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Attitude, Real, Enthusiasm For Life

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• I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.

  Patricia Ireland

  Thinking, Optimism, Being Positive

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• It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action

  Samuel Smiles

  Life, Success, Character

  Samuel Smiles (1872). “Character”, p.142

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• All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

  Charles Kingsley

  Happiness, Running, Reality

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• Go into something because you really like it, and then do it with a drive and enthusiasm so that it isn't work.

  John Kluge

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• It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Life, Faith, Insightful

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• From the glow of enthusiasm I let the melody escape.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Melody

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• Enthusiasm is the fever of reason.

  Victor Hugo

  Fever, Reason

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