“Forcing myself to think positively did wonders for my spirit. I was able to overcome the discontent inside me, and my old enthusiasm slowly returned.”

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.

We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don’t know where you’re aiming, you don’t have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared.

People will support that which they help to create.

Over the years, I have observed that nearly all high achievers know how to make good of those 1440 minutes in each day.

What’s interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.

Be the kind of person who can always be counted on to do what you say you’ll do.

Everyone has obstacles to overcome, but those with great faith can conquer whatever stands in the way.

Recognition is the most powerful of all motivating techniques.

If you act enthusiastic, you will become enthusiastic. A mediocre mind that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

I was taught to put my best into anything I did and I can honestly say I’ve always done that. Still, there are many times when I failed, when I was disappointed.

In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don’t like to do.

One intense hour is worth a dreamy day.

Unlike many people who start a new business, money was not my prime motivation – not that I was so well off that it wasn’t a consideration; in fact, I had put my lifetime savings on the line.

What the world thinks of me is none of my business.

Nobody wins ‘em all. If you come down on them too hard for losing, they’ll stop sticking their necks out.

Give yourself something to work toward – constantly.

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

We have spent the best part of the past century enthusiastically testing the world to utter destruction; not looking closely enough at the long-term impact our actions will have.

Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. Let us be an alive, burning offering before the altar of God.

Enthusiasm is the DNA of making things happen.

Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears.

As long as I can do something that I am passionate about and that I can really enjoy and the audience can enjoy. That is where my enthusiasm comes from.

Holiness does not consist in mystic speculations, enthusiastic fervours, or uncommanded austerities; it consists in thinking as God thinks, and willing as God wills.