Enthusiasm Quotes - Page 15

Jean Prouvaire was timid only in repose. Once excited, he burst forth, a sort of mirth accentuated his enthusiasm, and he was at once both laughing and lyric.

Love born in the brain is more spirited, doubtless, than true love, but it has only flashes of enthusiasm; it knows itself too well, it criticizes itself incessantly; so far from banishing thought, it is itself reared only upon a structure of thought.

a committee, of course, exists for the purpose of damping enthusiasms.

I can't afford to slow down, but I suppose it really depends. As long as there's enough enthusiasm, then one wants to continue.

The original Greek word for enthusiasm meant "to be filled with God." When we are "filled with God" we tend to lead on purpose.

In actions of enthusiasm, this drawback appears: but in those lower activities, which have no higher aim than to make us more comfortable and more cowardly, in actions of cunning, actions that steal and lie, actions that divorce the speculative from the practical faculty, and put a ban on reason and sentiment, there is nothing else but drawback and negation.

Enthusiasm and eagerness give life to our devotional service.

In the future, all cities will be distinguished by one thing only. The nature of their enthusiasm.

Great dejection often follows great enthusiasm.

Being enthusiastic settles nothing.

Young people can be annoying, let's face it. But they can also be really refreshing to be around and full of enthusiasm.

Don't get stuck where you are, keep growing. It's a decision you have to make because it is easy to get stuck. Make a decision to develop better habits, to have better relationships and just to keep the enthusiasm for life.

Character is the salesperson's stock in trade. The product itself is secondary. Truthfulness, enthusiasm and patience are great assets to every salesperson. Without them, they couldn't go far. Courage and courtesy are essential equipment.

A man must be himself convinced if he is to convince others. The prophet must be his own disciple, or he will make none. Enthusiasm is contagious: belief creates belief.

I have lost the consolation of faith/ though not the ambition to worship

Enthusiasm is the power that transfers the mental blueprint into the physical dimension.

Excessive caution can sometimes lead one as far astray as rash enthusiasm.

And we simply cannot be constant with the fact that God’s cause is not always the successful one, that we really could be “unsuccessful”; and yet be on the right road. But this is where we find out whether we have begun in faith or in a burst of enthusiasm.

It is difficult to spread the contagion of excitement without having a sense of purpose and direction.

If you ask me, most people have children just as their own enthusiasm about life begins to wane.

Our spirits grow gray before our hairs.

Enthusiasm is a good engine, but it needs intelligence for a driver.

Nothing is won without enthusiasm.

The definition of courage is going from defeat to defeat with enthusiasm.

Perfecting and selling your writing is a lifelong task. If you are a persistent writer, you can expect your abilities to improve with time. Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.