“A method of achieving wild enthusiasm is to act wildly enthusiastic. Often, a growing and beautiful love-affair develops quite automatically.” BeautifulGrowingAchieveMethodAffairEnthusiasmEnthusiasticLove AffairBeautiful Love Book:The Painter's Keys: A Seminar with Robert Genn Source: The Painter's Keys: A Seminar with Robert Genn
“Conscience is doubtless sufficient to conduct the coldest character into the road of virtue; but enthusiasm is to conscience what honor is to duty; there is in us a superfluity of soul, which it is sweet to consecrate to the beautiful when the good has been accomplished.” Has BeensSoulCharacterBeautifulVirtueSweetDutyHonorConscienceEnthusiasmSufficientAccomplished Author:Madame de Stael
“There are some who possess the magic touch, the infectious spirit of enthusiasm; who have the same effect as a beautiful morning that never reaches noon. Under this spell one's mind is braced, one's spirit recreated; one is ready for any adventure, even if it only be the doing of the next distasteful task light-heartedly.” IfsMindLightBeautifulSpiritNextMorningMagicEffectsAdventureReadyTasksEncouragementEnthusiasmSpellsNoonCheerfulnessDistastefulBeautiful Morning Author:Kate Douglas Wiggin