Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Enthusiasm

The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.
William McFee (1881–1966) English Writer

Zeal will do more than knowledge.
William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist

I don’t know about having too much zeal; but I think it is better the pot should boil over than not boil at all.
Anonymous

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
Hosea Ballou (1771–1852) American Theologian

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State

It’s faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth looking at.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–94) American Physician, Essayist

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.
William Shenstone (1714–63) British Poet, Landscape Gardener

Enthusiasm signifies God in us.
Anne Louise Germaine de Stael (1766–1817) French Woman of Letters

Enthusiasts soon understand each other.
Washington Irving (1783–1859) American Essayist, Biographer, Historian

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies “God in us.”
Anne Louise Germaine de Stael (1766–1817) French Woman of Letters

All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene.
William Ellery Channing (1780–1842) American Unitarian Theologian, Poet

There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence and energy of her citizens cannot cure.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American Head of State, Military Leader

The enthusiasm of old men is singularly like that of infancy.
Gerard de Nerval (1808–55) French Poet, Essayist, Critic

Let a man in a garret but bum with enough intensity and he will set fire to the world.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–44) French Novelist, Aviator

To burn always with this hard gem-like flame. To maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
Walter Pater (1839–94) English Critic, Essayist

Your enthusiasm will be infectious, stimulating and attractive to others. They will love you for it. They will go for you and with you.
Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) American Clergyman, Self-Help Author

Let us go singing as far as we go; the road will be less tedious.
Virgil (70–19 BCE) Roman Poet

No person is ever good for much, that hasn’t been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.
James Anthony Froude (1818–94) British Historian, Novelist, Biographer, Editor

Enthusiasm is very good lubrication for the mind.
Unknown

Someone’s always saying, “It’s not whether you win or lose,” but if you feel that way, you’re as good as dead.
James Caan (1940–2022) American Film Actor

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
Isaac D’Israeli (1766–1848) English Writer, Scholar

From the glow of enthusiasm I let the melody escape. I pursue it. Breathless I catch up with it. It flies again, it disappears, it plunges into a chaos of diverse emotions. I catch it again, I seize it, I embrace it with delight…. I multiply it by modulations, and at last I triumph in the first theme. There is the whole symphony.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) German Composer, Musician

What I do best is share my enthusiasm.
Bill Gates (b.1955) American Businessperson, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Author

I am burning. If anyone lacks tinder, let him set his rubbish ablaze with my fire.
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207–73) Persian Muslim Mystic

Experience and enthusiasm are two fine business attributes seldom found in one individual.
William Feather (1889–1981) American Publisher, Author

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
Denis Diderot (1713–84) French Philosopher, Writer

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.
William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist

The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance.
Akhenaten (1378BCE–1348BCE) Egyptian Monarch, Religious Leader

Enthusiasm makes ordinary people extraordinary.
Unknown

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