Enthusiasm Quotes

I printed a list of Irish names from the Internet and my husband, Dave, saw Finley on the list. I really liked it but didn't want to scare Dave off with my enthusiasm. So I used a little reverse psychology and let him think it was his idea.

What it all boils down to for me is having the enthusiasm to do something for enjoyment and being stimulated by what's around you. That's what photography does for me.

If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.

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

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

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.

Enthusiasm and misplaced belief can take you a long way.

One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.

My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the sports world that I had 38 years ago.

You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it.

But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence they communicated to me! I wept for joy.

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.

A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions.

Enthusiasm glows, radiates, permeates and immediately captures everyone's interest.

I am hoping the four new players can bring in some energy and fresh enthusiasm because they do not have the baggage that comes from being part of a losing side.

The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue.

I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is fair enough.