Zeal is like fire: it needs both feeding and watching. – Proverb
The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance. – Akhenaton
Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast. – Minna Antrim
Charisma is the transference of enthusiasm. – Ralph Archbold
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine. – Hosea Ballou
If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm. – Bruce Barton
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised. – Christian Nevell Bovee
The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul. – Charles Buxton
The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of making a mistake, wont in the end affirm or deny anything. – Thomas Carlyle
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic. – Dale Carnegie
All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene. – William Ellery Channing
Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power and influence. – Henry Chester
The real secret to success is enthusiasm. – Walter Chrysler
We derive our vitality from our store of madness. – E. M. Cioran
Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
