In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm…

Volition . . . takes place only when there are a number of conflicting systems of ideas, and depends on our having a complex field of consciousness.

— William James

On the clarity of your ideas depends the scope of your success in any endeavor.

— James Robertson

We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“How could we have achieved the set-goal, without endurance to the end?”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Good churches are not built by bad men; at least, there must be probity and enthusiasm somewhere in the society. These minsters were neither…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The sectaries of a persecuted religion, depressed by fear, animated with resentment, and perhaps heated by enthusiasm, are seldom in a proper temper of…

— Edward Gibbon

Attempt to be creative for the joy it brings… Select something like music, dance, sculpture, or poetry. Being creative will help you enjoy life.…

— Richard G. Scott

The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more…

— Lewis H. Lapham

When you've got enough enthusiasm, and don't overthink, things turn out well.

— David Trezeguet

Nothing cools so fast as undue enthusiasm. Water that has boiled freezes sooner than any other.

— George Iles

Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

— Steven Wright

I'm fascinated by political enthusiasm.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait.…

— Henry Ford

“Great things can be accomplish with passionate enthusiasm.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was…

— Kwame Nkrumah