Enthusiasms Quotes

On keeping early passions alive.

One quote reflects on regret, describing adults who had real enthusiasms as kids but were never encouraged, leaving them unhappy in unrelated jobs later in life. Another takes a more hopeful view, arguing that all noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish early stage before growing wiser and more serene — a matter of passion maturing rather than fading, close in spirit to Action taken over time.


A third quote frames staying enthusiastic as an act of Courage, insisting it takes real nerve to keep your enthusiasms working for you and not let anyone drag you down. A final, more personal reflection ties enthusiasm to belonging, describing needing more intimacy from Friendship than one particular country's culture allowed.