Gusto meaning

Noun: gusto

Pronunciation: (gu’s-tow)

Gusto meaning: Great enjoyment, energy and great enthusiasm.

Synonyms: zest, relish, enthusiasm.

Quotations: Dale Carnegie – Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

W. Clement Stone –  No matter how carefully you plan your goals, they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

Robert Louis Stevenson – To make our idea of morality center on forbidden acts is to defile the imagination and to introduce into our judgments of our fellow-men a secret element of gusto.

Howard Wolf – When Sandy takes on a volunteer assignment for Stanford, he does so with energy and gusto rivaled by few, dedicating his time and energy completely.

Jim Leyland – We won six of eight but we have to go for the gusto now. You can’t be satisfied. I’ve already talked to them about it. I delivered this message nice, though.

Sample sentences:

1. I think he needs to go out there with all the gusto and go for his best shot.
2. To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.
3. The gusto of one, the indignation of the other; the challenge of the one party, the response of the other; the eloquence and the comedy, the passion and the issues were ours-no other country can provide them.
4. You get the people who enjoy decorating and do it with gusto. They are looking for specific themes and things. We put our Christmas stuff up in September.
5. I think his father was his reason for going after the music. When he was younger, he was going after it with all the gusto he could put into it.
6. We’ve added quite a few new skills. It’s not because we’re hiding them; it’s that they’re just now ready to be shown. For the seniors, it’s their last chance so they might as well go for the gusto.
7. So many people don’t know how to approach retirement. The thing is, if you have some plans, you can step right into it with some gusto. I never would have dreamed when I was 75 what I would have accomplished when I was 80.
8. To be a great anvil, you must take your hammering with pride, gusto, and style.
9. I’m very proud of him, where he is right now. I think he deserves it. I think he needs to go out there with all the gusto and go for his best shot.
10. You should go for the gusto when you’ve got a biotech prospect, an advanced manufacturing prospect or an existing corporation expansion.