If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

People happy in love have an air of intensity.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

To be in the music industry, to be in any kind of entertainment industry, you really, really have to be passionate about it and love it and persevere, because if that passion isn't there, it's easy to give up. If you really want it, the ambition is there, it'll come. It's definitely harder work than some people think.

In music the passions enjoy themselves.

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.

Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.

Passion is momentary; love is enduring.

A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything else that had set me off, roused me into productivity and creativity.

Enthusiasm is a form of social courage.

My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I'm willing and I'm eager, and not just about my writing - I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.

The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses.

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Our passion is our strength.

A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren't proud of what you're doing, why should anybody else be?

Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses.

Passion isn't something that lives way up in the sky, in abstract dreams and hopes. It lives at ground level, in the specific details of what you're actually doing every day.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

Ambition has developed into a passion which drives women, as well as men, to great works - and small deeds. Formerly competitors in the race for men, they are now competing in the race for social tasks and distinctions.

Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.

Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

My strength is my enthusiasm.

If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

The real secret of success is enthusiasm.

Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

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

All you need is the desire, passion, and will to fulfil your dreams!

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

When you're in a creative flow with somebody - and I had this back in architecture school - you're just so passionate about what you're doing, and if that other person is just as passionate, you'll be madly in love with them. It's just that thrill of creating.

There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination.

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.

A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else.

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death.

Attitude and enthusiasm play a big part in my life. I get excited about the things that inspire me. I also believe in laughing and having a good time.

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

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue.

A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.

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

Passion is the thing that won't let you sleep at night because you want to get up in the morning and go do your thing.