225 quotes found
“Flaming enthusiasm backed up by horse sense and persistence is the quality that most frequently makes for success.”
“There is a passion for perfection which you rarely see fully developed but... in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.”
“If you have the will to win you have achieved half your success if you don't you have achieved half your failure.”
“Someone's always saying "It's not whether you win or lose " but if you feel that way you're as good as dead.”
“The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes more than enthusiasm I would say excitement. I like to see men get excited. When they get excited they make a success of their lives.”
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.”
“To burn always with this hard gemlike flame. To maintain this ecstasy is success in life.”
“Every man is enthusiastic at times. One man has enthusiasm for thirty minutes another man has it for thirty days. But it is the man who has it for thirty years who makes a success in life.”
“A strong passion for any object will ensure success for the desire of the end will point out the means.”
“If you're not happy every morning when you get up leave for work or start to work at home-if you're not enthusiastic about doing that you're not going to be successful.”
“Let a man in a garret burn with enough intensity and he will set fire to the world.”
“Knowledge is power but enthusiasm pulls the switch.”
“Through zeal knowledge is gotten through lack of zeal knowledge is lost.”
“It is energy the central element of which is will that produces the miracles of enthusiasm in all ages. It is the mainspring of what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all gre...”
“The difference between one man and another is not mere ability ... it is energy.”
“Energy even like the Biblical grain of mustard-seed will move mountains.”
“No one grows old by living only by losing interest in living.”
“Years wrinkle the face but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”
“The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle but to make them long for it.”
“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.”
