Enthusiasm Quote by Ken Burns Download Open image “Do not lose your enthusiasm. In its Greek etymology, the word enthusiasm means, "God in us."” — Ken Burns ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Enthusiasm Etymology Greek Loses Mean
Enthusiasm is not an emotional state. It is a spiritual commitment, a loving surrender to our creative process. Enthusiasm - from the Greek, filled… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
The original Greek word for enthusiasm meant "to be filled with God." When we are "filled with God" we tend to lead on purpose. — Richard Leider Copy Share Image
The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us. — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm comes from the Greek word entheos, which means, "inspired" or "filled with the divine." — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is the nature of life. Become one whose enthusiasm never dies. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is the thing which makes the world go round. Without its driving power, nothing worth doing has ever been done. Love, friendship, religion,… — Robert Haven Schauffler Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is grave, inward, self-controlled; mere excitement, outward, fantastic, hysterical, and passing in a moment from tears to laughter. — John Sterling Copy Share Image
One of the main reasons that we lose our enthusiasm in life is because we become ungrateful..we let what was once a miracle become… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being. — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
Write: write letters. Keep journals. Besides your children, there is no surer way of achieving immortality. — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts. — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
The reason why you do history, and particularly why you do war, is that you want to make sure that in the next war,… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of them I've asked, 'Who are we as Americans? — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived.… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say jazz) what… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
People tend to forget that the word "history" contains the word "story". — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are. — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
We strain to listen to the ghosts and echoes of our inexpressibly wise past, and we have an obligation to maintain these places, to… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
It follows the seasons, beginning each year with the fond expectancy of springtime and ending with the hard facts of autumn. — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Nothing cools so fast as undue enthusiasm. Water that has boiled freezes sooner than any other. — George Iles Copy Share Image
When you've got enough enthusiasm, and don't overthink, things turn out well. — David Trezeguet Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is by far the highest paid quality on earth, probably because it is one of the rarest; yet it is one of the… — Frank Bettger Copy Share Image