Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes about Enthusiasm

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Enthusiasm begets enthusiasm.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Enthusiasm, Begets

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1872). “Hyperion. Kavanagh”, p.237

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fire, Burning, Enthusiasm

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

The motives and purposes of authors are not always so pure and high, as, in the enthusiasm of youth, we sometimes imagine. To many the trumpet of fame is nothing but a tin horn to call them home, like laborers from, the field, at dinner-time, and they think themselves lucky to get the dinner.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Home, Thinking, Enthusiasm

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Kavanagh (Annotated Edition)”, p.46, Jazzybee Verlag