Quotes
Quotes about Zeal
Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve, And press with vigour on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown.
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."
Blind zeal can only do harm. [Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.]
A Spirit, zealous, as he seemed, to know More of the Almighty's works, and chiefly Man, God's latest image.
But his zeal None seconded, as out of season judged, Or singular and rash.
But zeal moved thee; To please thy gods thou didst it!
Zeal then, not charity, became the guide.
I have more zeal than wit.
Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will, And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill.
Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others.
The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies. [Ger., Der Freunde Eifer ist's, der mich Zu Grunde richtet, nicht der Hass der Feinde.]
We do that in our zeal our calmer moment would be afraid to answer.
Terms ill defined, and forms misunderstood, And customs, when their reasons are unknown, Have stirred up many zealous souls To fight against imaginary giants.
Press bravely onward!--not in vain Your generous trust in human kind; The good which bloodshed could not gain Your peaceful zeal shall find.
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my King, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.
Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost.
Blind zeal can only do harm.
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.
Let a good person do good deeds with the same zeal that an evil person does bad ones.
Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.
