Quotes About Eagerness

Young warriors are always eager for battle. Old warriors know better.

And now, you till come,

A good start, a willingness—even eagerness—to work beyond the call of duty, a sense of fair play, and a recognition of opportunities before and when they arrive. In other words, it is important to find a course and steer it."31

As with personal accounts, it never wanted to appear too eager for business.

burning with curiosity

She was holding her breath, waiting to start living.

Our eagerness for worldly activity kills in us the sense of spiritual awe

I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there.

To be excited is still to be unsatisfied.

Love death therefore, and long eagerly for it. Die Daily.

A man is always in a hurry when he wants to be happy.

A man is always in a hurry to be happy.

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.

How slow life is, how violent hope is.

Come! you presence will either give me life or kill me with pleasure.

Life is enthusiasm, zest.

Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because life is sweet and they are growing.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life

I have a lust for life.

I kept my eyes on the doorway. Me, and a hundred wooden birds.

It's one of the perks of aging, I suppose—an eagerness to release the baggage that doesn't serve you. I know this goes against common wisdom; our therapy-obsessed culture seems to think old wounds must be reopened before they can heal. I'm not sure I agree.

The eagerness with which we endeavour to escape from misery, taught him to encourage a remote and romantic hope that Julia yet lived for him.

and it can't wait.

To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope.