Eagerness Quotes

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Novelty is indeed necessary to preserve eagerness and alacrity; but art and nature have stores inexhaustible by human intellects, and every moment produces something new… — Samuel Johnson
The man who is an initiate of one of the great Mystery Schools never fears to let his pupils outdistance him, because he knows that… — Dion Fortune
One great flaw in the reforming passion is that in its eagerness to remedy social wrongs it tends to neglect, certainly to undervalue, the experience… — Irving Howe
Love is like a hunter, who cares not for the game when once caught, which he may have pursued with the most intense and breathless… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The American doctor possesses a combination of conservatism and... an eagerness to know what it is really all about, in order that he may not… — Elizabeth Kenny
President David O. McKay put it beautifully when he said, speaking of mothers, 'This ability and willingness properly to rear children, the gift to love,… — H. Burke Peterson
The mind spends most of the time lost in fantasies and illusions, reliving pleasant or unpleasant experiences and anticipating the future with eagerness or fear.… — S. N. Goenka
I start off with the obvious, that it makes no sense either to believe or to disbelieve in God until a substantial and intelligent definition… — Kenny Smith
If we wish to make any progress in the service of God we must begin every day of our life with new eagerness. We must… — Carlo Borromeo
You want appreciation. Even though you like what's happening now doesn't mean that you still don't want appreciation or greater stimulation. It just means you're… — Esther Hicks
I look forward serenely to the course of events, confident that the Fountain of supreme wisdom and virtue will provide for the happiness of his… — Gouverneur Morris
There are three things an athlete must do. You must be in physical condition ... You must execute properly and quickly the fundamentals ... and… — John Wooden
Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it. — Seth Godin
We actually slander and dishonor God by our very eagerness to serve Him without knowing Him. — Oswald Chambers
Victory is plesant, not only to those who love to conquer, bot to all; for there is produced an idea of superiority, which all with… — Aristotle
Going out to others in order to reach the fringes of humanity does not mean rushing out aimlessly into the world. Often it is better… — Pope Francis
Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education. — William Godwin
Are you not ashamed of your eagerness to possess as much wealth, reputation, and honors as possible, while you do not care for nor give… — Socrates
Do you love this world? Do you cherish your humble and silky life? Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath? Do you… — Mary Oliver
Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an… — David Hume

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