Enthusiasm

Life"s blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm. Norman Vincent Peale - American clergyman and author (1898-1993), in "Positive thinking for a time like this" (1975), Quotations book 2012

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life. attributed to François-Auguste-René Rodin - French sculptor (1840-1917)

My partner Charlie and I never look back; we have so much to look forward to that it does not make sense to look back. Warren Buffet - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), found on youtube: "Warren Buffett MBA Talk"

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. The Bible, Psalm 118,24 (NIV)

The best doctors in the world are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet and Dr. Merryman. Jonathan Swift - Irsh-born English writer (1667-1745), from "Polite Conversation" (1738)

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements in life, when all we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. attributed to Charles Kingsley - English clergyman, theologian and writer (1819-1875)

Pleasure is the only thing to live for. Nothing ages like happiness. Oscar Wilde - Irish writer (1854-1900), published in "Chamäleon" (1894)

You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. Eric S. Raymond - founder of the "Open Source" movement (b. 1957), Quotations book 2006

It is not happiness that makes you grateful, but gratefulness that makes you happy. Brother David Steindl-Rast - Austrian-born American Benedictine monk (b. 1926), www.gratefulness.org, www.dankbarkeit.org, Quotations book 2006

Things only have the value that we give them. Molière - born Jean Baptiste Poquelin, French actor and playwright (1622-1673)