Pope Francis Quotes

That's always the biggest surprise when people meet me: how buoyant I am and how fun and light I am.

The last thing I want to appear is remotely jaded or bitter, which it could come across the wrong way.

Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person. Life will take on a new nest, deeper interest and greater meaning. You can think, talk and act yourself into dullness or into monotony or into unhappiness. By the same process you can build up inspiration, excitement and surging depth of joy.

If you act enthusiastic, you'll be enthusiastic!

I have learned to look upon each little hindrance as a jest and each great one as a foreshadowing of victory.

I have no rancor. I look forward, not backwards.

I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals. Lady Luck has been good to me and I fancy she has been good to everyone. Only some people are dour, and when she gives them the come hither with her eyes, they look down or turn away and lift an eyebrow. But me, I give her the wink and away we go.

Hooray for most things!

I feel like life is so special and so great, every year I feel like I learn more, and I grow, and I think it's exciting to grow up.

You should always think good things and always look for the good in the world. If you look for the bad in the world, you will always find something bad. But if you look for the good you will find it, it is there

I don't know. I think you're born with that. I've always been somebody that enjoys life. I want to be happy in it, and I've always been that way. Since I was a kid, I really was somebody that was active. It's just an inner drive, and a willingness to lead a good life.

Positive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about a problem.

He who has no pleasure in looking up, is not fit so much as to look down.

Look for the blessing in all situations.

The definition of courage is going from defeat to defeat with enthusiasm.

There are only two distinct classes of people on this earth, those who espouse enthusiasm and those who despise it.

I don't regret the excitement, because I do think that it helped us accomplish as much as we did.

Make sure your life is a rare entertainment! It doesn't take anything drastic. You needn't be gorgeous or wealthy or smart, just very enthusiastic!

Oh, it is wonderful to wake up in the morning with things to look forward to!

Work hard, love what you do, put your best foot forward and never forget the kid in you.

I just have fun doing what I do. If it looks like a good time, I'm up for it!

I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I wake up every day just fired up. My one rule is, don't let anyone pinch me, because I don't want to wake up.

An enthusiastic heart finds opportunities everywhere.

Joy is very infectious; therefore, be always full of joy!

Enthusiasm reaches out with joy, for there is nothing depressing about it; it reaches out in faith, for there is no fear in it; it reaches out with acceptance, for there is no doubt in it; it reaches out as a child for there is no uncertainty about it.