"Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm." — Arnold J. Toynbee

"Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm."

— Arnold J. Toynbee

Apathy Quotes Enthusiasm Quotes Inspirational Quotes Overcome Quotes Overcoming Quotes

43 Quotes by Arnold J. Toynbee

Arnold J. Toynbee has 43 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Write regularly, day in and day out, at whatever times of day you find that you write best. Don't wait…
We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in…
The world's greatest need . . . is mutual confidence. No human being ever knows all the secrets of another's…
History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the…
Anxiety and conscience are a powerful pair of dynamos. Between them, they have ensured that I shall work hard, but…
The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot…
It is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a Western beginning will have to have an Indian ending…
Of the twenty or so civilizations known to modern Western historians, all except our own appear to be dead or…
Civilizations, I believe, come to birth and proceed to grow by successfully responding to successive challenges. They break down and…
Love's way of dealing with us is different from conscience's way. Conscience commands; love inspires. What we do out of…
Human dignity can be achieved only in the field of ethics, and ethical achievement is measured by the degree in…
Material power that is not counterbalanced by adequate spiritual power, that is, by love and wisdom, is a curse

See all 43 quotes by Arnold J. Toynbee »

More Apathy Quotes

This quote is filed under Apathy Quotes, one of 284 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty… — Charles Baudelaire
In communications, familiarity breeds apathy. — William Bernbach
I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance. — Ruben Blades
Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care. — Jimmy Buffett
I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving… — Leo Buscaglia
Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. — Thomas Carlyle
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel… — Noam Chomsky
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. — Winston Churchill
It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum… — Hillary Clinton
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. — Henri Frederic Amiel
The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people. — Louis D. Brandeis
How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries. Besides the fanatical frenzy which is as dangerous in… — Winston Churchill

See all 284 Apathy Quotes »