Enthusiasm
I have a tendency to get enthused about…everything. And one of the most frustrating things in the world to me is when other people don’t. So I got to thinking, “Where does enthusiasm come from, and what is it anyway?” I realized that I had no idea. Naturally, I turned to Google to provide an answer. Here’s what I found.
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.
- Arnold J. Toynbee
But I find the best things I do, I do when I’m trying to avoid doing something else I’m supposed to be doing. You know, you’re working on something. You get bugged, or you lose your enthusiasm or something. So you turn to something else with an absolute vengeance.
- Norton Juster
Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.
- Murray Gell-Mann
Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.
- Bo Bennett
Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.
- Letitia Landon
And finally, from one of my favorite thinkers:
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
