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

The real secret of success is enthusiasm.

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.

Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.

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

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

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.

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

Fear is excitement without breath.

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

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.

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

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

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

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

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.

Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

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.

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

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

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

The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!

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.

The feeling of longing for home is born into us. That wonderful dream cannot become real without great faith - enough for the Holy Ghost to lead us to repentance, baptism, and the making and keeping of sacred covenants with God. This faith requires enduring bravely the trials of mortal life.

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.

The inexorable compulsion of all things is towards health or destruction, life or death, and we hasten our joys or our woes to the logical extreme. It is urgent, therefore, that we be joyous if we wish to live.

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.

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

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

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.

Have the courage of your desire.

Enthusiasm is a form of social courage.

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

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Experience proves that in this life peace and satisfaction are had, not by the listless but by those who are fervent in God's service. And rightly so. For in their effort to overcome themselves and to rid themselves of self-love, they rid themselves of the roots of all passion and unrest.

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.

Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the vigor and good health that may ignore the caution of temperance. Youth is a period of timelessness when the horizons of age seem too distant to be noticed.