The year was 1963, and she was in her mid-forties. She
took her life savings, started her own business, and began selling cosmetics the
hard way: door to door, one customer at a time. She built the business
because
of her ability to enlist the enthusiastic support of an energetic sales force.
Today that business ranks among the leaders in the cosmetics industry.
Her name? Mary Kay Ash. Her advice? Mary Kay observed, "A
mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go farther than a great idea that
inspires no one." So the next time opportunity knocks on your door, open it
with enthusiasm. Excitement is contagious. And if you want to change the world,
the first person you must inspire, is yourself.
Think Enthusiastically
"Each day, look for a kernel of
excitement."
Barbara Jordon
"Enthusiasm finds opportunities and energy makes the most of
them."
Henry Hoskins
"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."
Colette
"What is required is sight and insight—then you might add one more:
excite."
Robert Frost
"The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool."
William McFee
You’re Responsible for Motivating
Yourself
"Enthusiasm has to be generated day in
and day out. It’s the only way."
Earl Weaver
"Life reflects your own thoughts back to you."
Napoleon Hill
"There is no duty so much underrated as the duty of being happy."
Robert Louis Stevenson
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill
"Enthusiasm increased my income 700%."
Frank Bettger
Whenever You Work, Wherever You
Work, Work Enthusiastically
"No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from
life."
Samuel Goldwyn
"Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do
a thing, do it with your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your
own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you
will accomplish your objective. Nothing great was ever achieved without
enthusiasm."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take
hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as
enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities."
Norman Vincent Peale
"Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the
quality that most frequently makes for success."
Dale Carnegie
"Enthusiasm is everything. It must be as taut and vibrating as a guitar
string."
Pelé
A High Level of Enthusiasm
Generally Precedes a High Level of Success
"Every great accomplishment is the
story of a flaming heart."
Arnold Glasgow
"The difference between great and average or lousy in any job is, mostly,
having the imagination and zeal to recreate yourself daily."
Tom Peters
"Your enthusiasm will be infectious, stimulating
and attractive to others. They will love your for it. They will go for you and
with you."
Norman Vincent Peale
"The great achievements of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas
and enthusiasm."
Thomas J. Watson
"Exuberance is beauty."
William Blake
Enthusiasm Is Contagious
"Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse
sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for
success."
Dale Carnegie
"I rate enthusiasm even above
professional skill."
Sir Edward Appleton
"The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I
would say excitement. When people get excited, they make a success of their
lives."
Walter Chrysler
"Enthusiasm invites enthusiasm."
Russell Conwell
"Life reflects your own thoughts back to you."
Napoleon Hill
Written and Complied by Dr.
Cris Freeman
