Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.

Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion, you must set yourself on fire first.

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion, you must set yourself on fire first.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make read more

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

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

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

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

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

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.