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Responding with Wonderment and Awe

Finding the world awesome, mysterious. Being intrigued with phenomena and beauty. Have fun figuring it out!

There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Norman Vincent Peale
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
Aldous Huxley, author
To be successful, the first thing to do is fall in love with your work.
Sister Mary Lauretta
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of knowledge.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Enthusiasm moves the world.
J. Balfour
Winning isn't everything. *Wanting* to win is.
Catfish Hunter
I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who *have* to dance.
George Balanchine
The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams.
Og Mandino
Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.
Dorothea Brande
A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.
Marilyn Vos Savant
When every physical and mental resources is focused-one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.
Norman Vincent Peale
Once you do something you love, you never have to work again.
Willie Hill, student
Genius is initiative on fire
Holbrook Johnson
If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.
Steven Jobs
One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.
John Stuart Mills
Find a way to engage the heart in the problem and you are likely to see the child rise naturally to his own optimal levels of uncertainty, risk and relevance.
Richard Jones
A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.
Henry Hazlitt
Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don't be afraid to follow it.
Joseph Campbell
All thinking begins with wondering
Socrates
Wisdom begins in wonder.
Socrates
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Isaac Asimov
I would sooner live in a cottage and wonder at everything than live in a castle and wonder at nothing!
Joan Winmill Brown, Actress
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
Claude Helvetius
Practice being excited.
Bill Foster
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
Frank Tibolt, Author
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