Quotes About Eagerness

I'd rather have ten people who are mad for it than ten thousand who aren't.

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Walking along past the store windows, into which she peers with her usual eagerness, her usual sense that maybe, today, she will discover behind them something that will truly be worth seeing, she feels as if her feet are not on cement at all but on ice. The blade of the skate floats, she knows, on a thin film of water, which it melts by pressure and which freezes behind it. This is the freedom of the present tense, this sliding edge.

I thought of the "Roman way" of impaling oneself on a sword. Certainly poison seemed more civilized. And I thought the Romans were a little too eager to commit suicide. It did not take much of a setback before they were reaching for their swords, or opening their veins.

I shall look forward to a pleasant time.

Oh, that was marvellous. Could we play it again?

With his finger curled under his lip, his elbow on the arm of the couch, he merely studied me as I recounted the memories, and now he was eager for the tale to go on.

He had a dawning sense of how much delight awaited him.

she read with undifferentiated glee . . .

Enthusiasm and eagerness give life to our devotional service.

Put life into living, and do it with enthusiasm!

Every fiber of his being wanted to run, to get to the stables as quickly as he could. But he forced himself to walk casually, to avoid attracting attention to himself

proluctance n. the paradoxical urge to avoid doing something you've been looking forward to-opening a decisive letter, meeting up with a friend who's finally back in town, reading a new book from your favorite author-perpetually waiting around for the right state of mind, stretching out the bliss of anticipation as long as you can.

Kit drew breath in an agony of anticipation, felt Mehiel's surrender in the coldness of his brands.

The anticipation of pleasing someone you love makes you practically shiver with joy.

begun. "This is going to be the absolute best day ever!

but there was some—well, "eagerness" was too strong a word—but some desire to bathe and dress and leave the house, as though another place waited where she belonged.

Kids are always open to anything. It's very rare that a kid isn't extremely eager to make you happy.

I'll be ready. I'm ready right now.

I ran to my marriage, I was happily ready to take on marriage.

Yep, my body is doing good and everything feels good and I'm ready.

I thought in terms of the enthusiasm of doing it. I didn't think about whether I was ready.

I don't fear what will happen, but you just get ahead of yourself, like, 'Oh my gosh, I wish it would happen now.'

When God's people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality. —Romans 12:13