Enthusiasm Quotes · Page 37

I was highly attracted to chess for forty or forty-five years; then, little by little, my enthusiasm lessened.

— Marcel Duchamp

I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent.

— Thomas A. Edison

Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.

— Bryant H. McGill

Sustained enthusiasm brings into existence a wave of creative energy, and all you have to do is 'ride the wave'.

— Eckhart Tolle

Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame.

— Patrick Süskind

We are all salesmen every day of our lives. We are selling our ideas, our plans, our enthusiasms to those with whom…

— Charles R. Schwab

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.

— Anonymous

“Can you dance? Of course, I said, even though I can’t really. I think enthusiasm counts for a lot in dancing and…

— Susan Juby

The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I would say excitement. I like to see men get excited.…

— Walter Chrysler

If we are to give our utmost effort and skill and enthusiasm, we must believe in ourselves, which means believing in our…

— Margaret Mead

On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense…

— Arne Jacobsen

But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence…

— Ho Chi Minh

I'm so excited I had a seven-car police motorcycle escort. I've had escorts before, but nothing like this... I'm really in awe,…

— Tommy Lasorda

What you want to see [in Formula One] is a highly competitive sport - and the more equal it is the more…

— Martin Sorrell

I didn't like England. I couldn't take the look of the place or the style of friendship. I need more intimacy from…

— Jane Campion

“What motivates you is the ignition to your passion, the source for your enthusiasm, and the fuel of your persistence. This is…

— Darren Hardy

We came to realise - first with astonishment, then bitterness, and finally with indifference - that intellect apparently wasn't the most important…

— Erich Maria Remarque

The truth is -- we are always highly motivated when something means a great deal to us. If I fell into a…

— Steve Goodier

Enthusiasm is the dynamics of your personality. Without it, whatever abilities you may possess lie dormant; and it is safe to say…

— Dale Carnegie

I am of the generation of writers who can get instant feedback from readers within hours of publication. The fan forum is…

— Michael Scott

Our students wanted to know everything: but only the newest theory seemed to them worth bothering with. Knowing nothing of the intellectual…

— Claude Levi-Strauss

It is often said that ‘the germ of all Stalinism was in Bolshevism at its beginning’. Well, I have no objection. Only,…

— Victor Serge

Forty years as an astronomer have not quelled my enthusiasm for lying outside after dark, staring up at the stars. It isn't…

— Frank Drake

We are in a war of a peculiar nature. It is not with an ordinary community, which is hostile or friendly as…

— Edmund Burke

Try to improve. Don't expect too much, but don't feel discouraged either; keep up your enthusiasm; you will make progress.

— Dalai Lama

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

— Og Mandino

Success and happiness spring from facing failure after failure with enthusiasm.

— Winston Churchill

To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.

— Tryon Edwards

I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.

— George Sand

Something very special happens with music when it is written with great enthusiasm.

— Poppy

Ridicule has even been the most powerful enemy of enthusiasm, and properly the only antagonist that can be opposed to it with…

— Oliver Goldsmith

“Desire. Enthusiasm. Purpose. Pleasure. Delight. Peace. Power. However you define passion, it is at the heart of your motivation.”

— Susan C. Young

One nice thing that I have discovered about Los Angeles is the enthusiasm with which people dress.

— Ellie Kemper

I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Enthusiasm is by far the highest paid quality on earth, probably because it is one of the rarest; yet it is one…

— Frank Bettger

Doggedness depends on emotional traits - enthusiasm and persistence in the face of setbacks - above all else.

— Daniel Goleman

Even today I am not ashamed to say that, overpowered by stormy enthusiasm, I fell down on my knees and thanked Heaven…

— Adolf Hitler

An unprecedented wave of enthusiasm for missionary work is sweeping the entire earth. It is not man-made! It comes from the Lord,…

— Russell M. Nelson

There's no point putting your heart and soul into a part when you know in advance it isn't worth the trouble. I'm…

— Lizabeth Scott

Hope is the motivation that empowers the unemployed, enabling them to get out of bed every single morning with unbounded enthusiasm as…

— Emanuel Cleaver