Quotes about Enthusiasm

Enthusiasm bears the same relationship to a human being that steam does to the locomotive-it is the vital moving force that impels action. The greatest leaders of men are those who know how to inspire enthusiasm in their followers. Enthusiasm is the most important factor entering into salesmanship. It is, by far, the most vital factor that enters into public speaking.

To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to "know" is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do. Enthusiasm is the mainspring of the mind which urges one to put knowledge into action.

And I was mischievous. I was always into something. So when I got good attention from the singing, I knew that was probably where I needed to land.

If you want to be happy, set yourself a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes. Happiness is within you. It comes from doing some certain thing into which you can put all your thought and energy. If you want to be happy, get enthusiastic about something.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

Get on fire for God and men will come and see you burn.

Jean Prouvaire was timid only in repose. Once excited, he burst forth, a sort of mirth accentuated his enthusiasm, and he was at once both laughing and lyric.

You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.

The most important thing in life is to love what you're dong, because that's the only way you'll ever be really good at it.

You really have to love what you are doing, so you don't give up.

I love it--I just love it.

Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world.