Press bravely onward!--not in vain
Your generous trust in human kind;
The good which bloodshed could not read more

Press bravely onward!--not in vain
Your generous trust in human kind;
The good which bloodshed could not gain
Your peaceful zeal shall find.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

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

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

For zeal's a dreadful termagant,
That teaches saints to tear and cant.

For zeal's a dreadful termagant,
That teaches saints to tear and cant.

Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch.

Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch.

If I had obeyed God, as I have obeyed him, He would not have
punished me.

If I had obeyed God, as I have obeyed him, He would not have
punished me.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which
he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do read more

I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which
he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do not love a man
who is zealous for nothing."