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If all creators had enough enthusiasm, there would be many more
brilliant inventions and glorious pieces of art in the world. Enthusiasm
is the power plant of creativity, giving it the oomph that powers you
through the dark wilderness days to the promised land on the other side.
It also is highly infectious and can multiply marvellously when other
people catch the bug.
See also
being creative, belief, children, commitment, confidence, inspiration, love*,
passion*, persistence, wonder
Quotes
‘A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea
that inspires no one.’
— Mary Kay Ash
‘One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the
man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life.’
— Edward B. Butler
‘Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality
that most frequently makes for success.’
— Dale Carnegie
‘Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.’
— Winston Churchill
‘Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.’
— Benjamin Disraeli
‘Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.’
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
‘You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that
makes your hopes rise to the stars.’
— Henry Ford
‘Opposition inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.’
— Freidrich von Schiller
‘What I do best is share my enthusiasm.’
— Bill Gates
‘A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.’
— Charles M. Schwab
‘Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.’
— Adam Smith
‘The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of
ideas and enthusiasm.’
— Thomas J. Watson
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