Enthusiasm Quotes

Attack each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind.

And I say to my heart: rave on.

Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.

You have to live spherically - in many directions. Never lose your childish enthusiasm - and things will come your way.

Keep up your enthusiasm! There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.

Success is often nothing more than moving from one failure to another with undiminished enthusiasm.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

I am working with the enthusiasm of a man from Marseilles eating bouillabaisse,
which shouldn't come as a surprise to you because I am busy painting huge sunflowers.

I am painting with the same enthusiasm as a Marseillaise eats bouillabaisse ...
I am painting big sunflowers.

Nothing worthwhile was ever accomplished without the will to start, the enthusiasm to continue and, regardless of temporary obstacles, the persistence to complete

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

I found him well educated, with unusual powers of mind, but infected with misanthropy, and subject to perverse moods of alternate enthusiasm and melancholy.

I am a man of vehement disposition, with violent enthusiasms, and extreme immoderation in all my passions.

I still am a geek, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. I see no shame in having an unhealthy obsession with something.

If you want to sell a steak, you can't just have the sizzle, you gotta have sauce.

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

I fairly sizzle with zeal, energy, and enthusiasm; eager to do that which ought to be done by me today.

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

If you stay in your heart you will always be inspired and if you are inspired you will always be enthusiastic. There is nothing more contagious on this planet as enthusiasm.

The state sometimes makes mistakes. When one of these mistakes occurs, one notes a decline in collective enthusiasm due to the effect of a quantitative diminution in each of the elements that make up the mass. Work is paralyzed until it is reduced to an insignificant level. It is time to make a correction.

One of the first signs of a Spirit-filled life is enthusiasm!

Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.

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

Your enthusiasm becomes their enthusiasm; your lukewarm presentation becomes their lukewarm interest in what you're offering.

Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.

The one thing that fills me with enthusiasm is to try, despite everything, to get nearer to those visions that seem so hard to express.

The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests.

Follow your enthusiasm. It's something I've always believed in. Find those parts of your life you enjoy the most. Do what you enjoy doing.

We rely more on enthusiasm than actual skill. Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically and people will like it more.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

I still enjoy the company of most dogs more than that of most people, because dogs are capable of uncomplicated enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm is the engine of success.

I noticed recently, in the last few shows I did, that I'm starting to get people - not a large group, but quite a few people - who come to see me because they love Curb Your Enthusiasm.

I wouldn't want the pressure of a Six Feet Under or the pressure of improvising like Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Excellent wine generates enthusiasm. And whatever you do with enthusiasm is generally successful.

The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm

When you have the enthusiasm and the passion, you end up figuring how to excel.

I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur.

Being Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm was the best thing to happen to Larry David in life.

Overtraining is the biggest problem incurred by runners who lack the experience or discipline to cope with their own enthusiasm.

I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.

If you enjoy what you do, don't be afraid of expressing your enthusiasm. Enjoyment is infectious.

Charisma is the transference of enthusiasm.

Go into something because you really like it, and then do it with a drive and enthusiasm so that it isn't work.

After I was diagnosed with celiac disease, I said yes to food, with great enthusiasm. . . . I vowed to taste everything I could eat, rather than focusing on what I could not.

I don't know what I'm doing, but my incompetence has never stopped my enthusiasm.

Success comes from continuing to strive, fail and learn without losing enthusiasm.