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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.

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

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

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 can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.

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

When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.

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.

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.

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.

Our passion is our strength.

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

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

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

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

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

The real secret of success is enthusiasm.

In music the passions enjoy themselves.

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.

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

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

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

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

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

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.

Passion must be concealed in a society where cold reserve and indifference are the signs of good breeding.

Only true love can fuel the hard work that awaits you.

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.

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

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

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

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.

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

Faith is a passionate intuition.

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.

Passion is momentary; love is enduring.

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.

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

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

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

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

Enthusiasm is a form of social courage.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

My strength is my enthusiasm.

People happy in love have an air of intensity.

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

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.