However, deciding not to let myself be the only judge in this matter, I went to one of my favorite sources (www.thinkexist.com) and found the quotations below. After reading them and thinking about them, I think I'll keep on being enthusiastic. How about you?
“Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.” - Dale Carnegie
"For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough.” - Zig Ziglar
“When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.” - W. Clement Stone
“Knowledge is power and enthusiasm pulls the switch.” - Steve Droke
“There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.” - Edgar Allan Poe
“I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.” - Anatole France
“Enthusiasm...the sustaining power of all great action.” - Samuel Smiles
“Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes
“I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.” - Charles M. Schwab
“A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.” - Charles M. Schwab“
A salesman minus enthusiasm is just a clerk.” - Harry F. Banks
“Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.” - Norman Vincent Peale
“Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.” Douglas MacArthur
“The real secret of success is enthusiasm.” - Walter Chrysler
“Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.” - Aldous Huxley
“If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.” - Bruce Barton
“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 Toynbee
“Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.” - Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
“Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.” - David Seabury
“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
