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Quotes About Enthusiasm

Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
~ John Muir
A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. -John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914)
~ John Muir
A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.
~ John Muir
We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us. Our flesh-and-bone tabernacle seems transparent as glass to the beauty about us, as if truly an inseparable part of it, thrilling with the air and trees, streams and rocks, in the waves of the sun,—a part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
~ John Muir
We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us. Our flesh-and-bone tabernacle seems transparent as glass to the beauty about us, as if truly an inseparable part of it, thrilling with the air and trees, streams and rocks, in the waves of the sun,—a part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal. Just
~ John Muir
We were not sent into this world to do anything into which we cannot put our hearts.
~ John Ruskin
Oh, bullshit," Jenkins said. "You do it because you like it, because you get that feeling in your balls like you're in a falling elevator, and you like it. We all like it. We get all grim and warriored-up about it, but the bottom line is, we like it." "That's somewhat true," Shrake admitted. "That's why Davenport does it: it's better than money," Jenkins said. "You guys bum me out sometimes," Virgil said.
~ John Sandford
The rest of the rebels were recruited from the ranks of the young and excitable and had rather more enthusiasm than skill.
~ John Scalzi
Anything worth doing is worth doing at a fevered pitch.
~ John Scalzi
We all have passions.
~ John Seely Brown
And he didn't get tired or sleepy, for the beauty burned in him like fire.
~ John Steinbeck
Tom , the third son, was most like his father. He was born in fury and he lived in lightning.Tom came headlong into life. He was a giant in joy and enthusiasms. He didn't discover the world and its people, he created them..He lived in a world shining and fresh and as uninspected as Eden on the sixth day.
~ John Steinbeck
Poor Tom did not know and could not learn that dissembling successfully is one of the creative joys of a businessman. To indicate enthusiasm was to be idiotic.
~ John Steinbeck
He don't talk like other people. He's an Irishman. And he's all full of plans - a hundred plans a day. And he's all full of hope.
~ John Steinbeck
Without Obsession, Life Is Nothing
~ John Waters
SEEK THOSE WITH A FIRE-IN-THE-BELLY ENTHUSIASM FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION
~ John Wooden
I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.
~ Gene Tierney
My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad.
~ Sean Bean
I consider myself very fortunate indeed to have created a character which has captured the imagination and enthusiasm of so many children worldwide. They are my family, and Spot belongs to them all.
~ Eric Hill
The true fans were capable of not only painting their cars and homes their team colors, but also naming family pets and offspring after famous NFL all-stars.
~ Burgess Owens
I was a big sci-fi fantasy geek when I was younger... secretly, in my room.
~ Christina Ricci
There's a time and place for everything, and I believe it's called 'fan fiction'.
~ Joss Whedon
I get excited when fantasy football season's coming. This guy gets excited when war season's coming.
~ Unknown
I'm a science fiction and fantasy geek.
~ China Mieville