Enthusiasm Quotations

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

I do have a childlike enthusiasm at times. I certainly enjoy life and get pleasure sometimes in childish things.

And because of the reunion I think we've got more energy and enthusiasm than we've ever had. And it's genuine. I think the fans can detect when you're genuine, when you love what you do, and we love to be there on stage. That's what we thrive on.

It is difficult to describe in short the enthusiasm and devotion provoked by and given to my research. We lived almost in poverty. I used pencils, two for a nickel, and could not buy a fountain pen, when I lost mine.

I set very high standards for myself and worked every game with the same energy and enthusiasm as if it were the seventh game of a World Series.

Enthusiasm is that temper of the mind in which the imagination has got the better of the judgment.

I love having the laid-back, easy-going, family-priority nature of New Zealand, but I'm certainly enjoying the States in terms of the career opportunities and the enthusiasm I get to find work.

But I find the best things I do, I do when I'm trying to avoid doing something else I'm supposed to be doing. You know, you're working on something. You get bugged, or you lose your enthusiasm or something. So you turn to something else with an absolute vengeance

Training was a time where resolutions made in the enthusiasm of an inspired moment were put to personal test.

The crucial question one comes back to is the examination; without that experience is meaningless. And I think it's true that society is becoming more and more passive, less and less fired up with enthusiasm, in many spheres.

Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.

I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?

I really love 'Dexter.' I'd like to be on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' or 'Breaking Bad.

One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.

I consider myself very fortunate indeed to have created a character which has captured the imagination and enthusiasm of so many children worldwide. They are my family, and Spot belongs to them all.

Enthusiasm just creates bubbles; it doesn't keep them from popping.

Let there be great enthusiasm for the plan throughout the entire republic that will overcome all obstacles. Let us join together to realize the Five Year Plan and bring our economy and our own living standards to previously unknown heights.

Limit your inputs to only those that support a certain kind of self-destructive behavior, and you can be cheered with enthusiasm as you drive yourself off a cliff.

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

There's a fascinating school of thought that some women are relationship addicts. You get really strung out on a guy who's not returning your enthusiasm and tell yourself you're going to fix him and make him better, and of course it's impossible.

A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.

I was lucky to marry Paul. He was a great inspiration, his enthusiasm about wine and food helped to shape my tastes, and his encouragement saw me through discouraging moments. I never would have had my career without Paul Child.

To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that raises the dough.

Even in my stand-up, there's a lot more positivity and enthusiasm rather than negative, I-hate-everything vibes.

I have always looked upon alchemy in natural philosophy to be like enthusiasm in divinity, and to have troubled the world much to the same purpose.

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do what they were most afraid of doing, to widen their horizons of action.

Approach every film with the same enthusiasm, regardless of its budget.

What it all boils down to for me is having the enthusiasm to do something for enjoyment and being stimulated by what's around you. That's what photography does for me.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

Everything I've done I've done with enthusiasm and passion.

It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic cords. Lincoln's speech excited and sustained the enthusiasm of his audience to the end.

I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.

One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.

Flying is the only active profession I would ever continue with enthusiasm after the War.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

At this period the enthusiasm of the amateur was fast giving way to a more steady commercial instinct, and I let no opportunity slip of improving my position, but I felt that I was still labouring under the disadvantage of not having acquired some technical profession.

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later

It takes courage to stay young, to make your enthusiasms work for you. Don't let anyone drag you down.

Enthusiasm glows, radiates, permeates and immediately captures everyone's interest.

If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere.

The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.

The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.

I like the enthusiasm but not the insincerity of Los Angeles.

Meditation is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciousness. It enlarges the container, every time you transcend. When you come out, you come out refreshed, filled with energy and enthusiasm for life.

There is an obvious connection, on the declining Roman empire's bread and circuses model, between political enthusiasm for public spectacles and the periods when we are least able to pay for them.

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

Enthusiasm is not the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster.

True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it.

Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled and sickened.

Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.

The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue.

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.

I did see 'Gravity,' but I don't have the enthusiasm to go see a movie as often as I used to go.

I wouldn't call it radical; I would call it enthusiasm for progress.

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess, for it can take you further than money, power or influence.

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

Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast

Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire - you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.

How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?

Because I didn't go to drama school, I didn't start in the business with any toolbox apart from enthusiasm and instinct. I'd throw everything at a part and sometimes realise that I had hit my limits.

It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.

We magnify our priesthood and enlarge our calling when we serve with diligence and enthusiasm in those responsibilities to which we are called by proper authority.

My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.

When it comes to casual clothing, my enthusiasm for clothes starts to waver.

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty

Just after I entered my teens I suddenly entertained an insatiable enthusiasm for the delightful habit of criticizing others.

Labor, in itself, is neither elevating or otherwise. It is the laborer's privilege to ennoble his work by the aim with which he undertakes it, and by the enthusiasm and faithfulness he puts into it.

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.

I've been amazed at the degree to which Democrats, in particular, have expressed their enthusiasm for the president's manner with which he handled this budget.

What I bring to the table is a huge enthusiasm and love for this stuff.

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

I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.

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

I would love to be on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I'd love to be on that. A lot of my favorite shows get canceled really early on. I liked 'Twin Peaks.' If I had a time machine I'd be in that.

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down.

People are patronizing the theatres with renewed enthusiasm - there is an entire picnic-like attitude when families go out to see movies, which is a very good sign. They want to see larger-than-life characters on the big screen and not just watch movies on television or on DVDs.

A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.

I'm a better coach now than when I joined Celtic. The longer you stay in any job, the better you become. If you lose your drive, your enthusiasm, your imagination, that experience is no good.

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

When I bought a collection of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, I returned home with a bright enthusiasm to begin the long march into the Russian soul. Though I've failed to read either man to completion, they both helped me to imagine that my fictional South Carolina was as vast a literary acreage as their Russia.

Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith.

There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.

We have built a genuine level of enthusiasm and goodwill with people throughout this district. People are really excited about the possibilities this election holds, not just for this district, but because of the message Alabama sent to the rest of the country.

I have never done anything but my very best work for anyone, and to do this and retain my first fine enthusiasm over a period of thirty years has required a rather special set of working conditions.

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.

In my stand up, I think I try to be less energetic because I feel embarrassed about how much enthusiasm I have. There's something about acting like I don't care, or if I act like I haven't spent enough time on it, it seems to go better. If I act like I'm really trying to sell it, it doesn't go as well.

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.

All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene

Curb Your Enthusiasm, is not so much about Hollywood. It's more about Larry's weaknesses.

People who never get carried away should be.

Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

It is important to value intellect and discipline, of course, but it is also important to recognize the power of irrationality, enthusiasm and vast energy.

Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.