Enthusiasm is the inner “yes” that helps us keep trying. It feeds the dream, steadies the goal, and turns effort into a kind of joyful momentum. As Ralph Waldo Emerson reminds us: “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm. ~ Thomas J. Watson

How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. You have to be willing to work for it. ~ Jim Valvano

Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others. ~ David Seabury

The worst bankruptcy in the world is the person who has lost his enthusiasm. ~ H. W. Arnold

No one keeps his enthusiasm automatically. Enthusiasm must be nourished with new actions, new aspirations, new efforts, new vision. ~ Papyrus

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power and influence. ~ Henry Chester

Every production of genius must be a production of enthusiasm. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. ~ Colette

It is energy that produces the miracle of enthusiasm and will do anything that can be done in this world. ~ Johann von Goethe

Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

If you stay in your heart you will always be inspired, and if you are inspired you will always be enthusiastic. There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm. ~ Carlos Santana