If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be - enthusiasm. (Quote by - Bruce Barton)

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot. (Quote by - D. H. Lawrence)

Charm is the measure of attraction's power To chain the fleeting fancy of the hour. (Quote by - Louisa Thomas)

This, indeed, is one of the eternal paradoxes of both life and literature-that without passion little gets done; yet, without control of that passion, its effects are largely ill or null. (Quote by - F. L. Lucas)

O lovely Sisters! is it true That they are all inspired by you, And write by inward magic charm'd, And high enthusiasm warm'd? (Quote by - Joanna Baillie)

Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness. (Quote by - Christina Stead)

Opposition inflames the enthusiast, never converts him. (Quote by - J. C. F. von Schiller)

What is man but his passion? (Quote by - Robert Penn Warren)

My enthusiasms ... constitute my reserves, my unexploited resources, perhaps my future. (Quote by - E. M. Cioran)

Optimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind and not fruitful. (Quote by - Edward L. Curtis)

Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn. (Quote by - John Wesley)

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living. (Quote by - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr)

People who never get carried away should be. (Quote by - Malcolm Forbes)

Wake up with a smile and go after life.... Live it, enjoy it, taste it, smell it, feel it. (Quote by - Joe Knapp)

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing. (Quote by - Abraham Lincoln)

Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away. (Quote by - Denis Waitley)

A salesman minus enthusiasm is just a clerk. (Quote by - Harry F. Banks)

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised. (Quote by - Christian Nestell Bovee)

The real difference between men is energy. (Quote by - Thomas Fuller)

The will to conquer is the first condition of victory. (Quote by - Marshal Ferdinand Foch)

Nothing ever great was achieved without enthusiasm. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. (Quote by - Charles Kingsley)

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. (Quote by - General George S. Patton)

Vigor is contagious, and whatever makes us either think or feel strongly adds to our power and enlarges our field of action. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)

There is a passion for perfection which you rarely see fully developed, but... in successful lives it is never wholly lacking. (Quote by - Bliss Carman)