Zeal Quotes - Page 2

• I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Love, Men, Zealous

  Oliver Goldsmith (1845). “The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale”, p.96

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• Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep fire out of the one, and frost out of the other.

  Joseph Addison

  Inspirational, Attitude, Fire

  "Works, Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition".

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• Some things will not bear much zeal; and the more earnest we are about them, the less we recommend ourselves to the approbation of sober and considerate men.

  John Tillotson

  Men, Bears, Sober

  John Tillotson (1757). “The Works of the Most Reverend John Tillotson, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: In Twelve Volumes, Containing 254 Sermons and Discourses on Several Occassions; Together with the Rule of Faith; Prayers Composed by Him for His Own Life; a Discourse to His Servants Before the Sacrament; and a Form of Prayer Composed by Him for the Use of King William”, p.48

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• All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.

  Tacitus

  Vigor, May, Firsts

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• It is a zealot's faith that blasts the shrines of the false god, but builds no temple to the true.

  Sydney Thompson Dobell

  Shrines, Temples, Blast

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• Zeal without knowledge is like expedition to a man in the dark.

  John Newton

  Dark, Men, Expeditions

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• I believe that fitness needs to come from within you. You need to respect your body. Only then will you have the zeal to maintain it. For me, keeping fit is a part of my lifestyle.

  Arjun Rampal

  Believe, Fitness Motivational, Needs

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• Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

  Khalil Gibran

  Attitude, Volcanoes, Doe

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• Awake, my soul! Stretch every nerve, And press with vigor on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown.

  Philip Doddridge

  Race, Soul, Vigor

  Philip Doddridge, John Doddridge HUMPHREYS (1839). “Scriptural Hymns ... New and corrected edition, containing many hymns never before printed. Edited ... by ... J. D. Humphreys, etc”, p.232

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• Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.

  Moliere

  Noble, Holy, Fervor

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• The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme.

  John Buford

  Night, Men, June

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• A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.

  Daniel Boone

  Country, Powerful, Hero

  Daniel Boone, Francis Lister Hawks (1996). “Daniel Boone: His Own Story”, p.22, Applewood Books

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• Many ... begin to make converts from motives of charity, but continue to do so from motives of pride. ... Charity is contented with exhortation and example, but pride is not to be so easily satisfied. ... Whenever we find ourselves more inclined to persecute than persuade, we may then be certain that our zeal has more of pride in it than of charity.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Pride, Example, Charity

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• We do that in our zeal our calmer moment would be afraid to answer.

  Walter Scott

  Would Be, Answers, Moments

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• Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost.

  Gautama Buddha

  Zealous, Lost, Gaining Knowledge

  Gautama Buddha (2013). “The Dhammapada”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• The hopes of zeal are not wholly groundless.

  Samuel Johnson

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1810). “The Works of Samuel Johnson”, p.409

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• Zeal and duty are not slow
  But on occasion's forelock watchful wait.

  John Milton

  Opportunity, Waiting, Duty

  'Paradise Regained' (1671) bk. 3, l. 173

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• Weaken a bad habit by avoiding everything that occasioned it or stimulated it, without concentrating upon it in your zeal to avoid it. Then divert your mind to some good habit and steadily cultivate it until it becomes a dependable part of you.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Mind, Habit, Dependable

  Paramahansa Yogananda (2011). “The Law of Success: Using the Power of Spirit to Create Health, Prosperity, and Happiness”, p.15, BookBaby

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• Not the zeal alone of those who seek Him proves God, but the blindness of those who seek Him not.

  Blaise Pascal

  Blindness, Prove

  Blaise Pascal, Auguste Molinier (1905). “The Thought of Blaise Pascal: Translated from the Text of M. Auguste Molinier by C. Kegan Paul...”

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• We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of the age.

  Peter Akinola

  Grief, Missionary Zeal, Age

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• Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.

  John Dryden

  All Things

  John Dryden (1701). “Poems on Various Occasions: And Translations from Several Authors”, p.10

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• Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.

  Louis D. Brandeis

  Freedom, Independent, Men

  Olmstead v. United States (dissenting opinion) (1928)

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• We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.

  Joseph Heller

  Funny, Happiness, Laughter

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• Do not too many believe no zeal to be spiritual but what is censorious or vindictive? Whereas no zeal is spiritual that is not also charitable.

  Thomas Sprat

  Spiritual, Believe, Vindictive

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• If our zeal were true and genuine we should be much more angry with a sinner than a heretic.

  Joseph Addison

  Should, Genuine, Heretic

  Joseph Addison (1721). “The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq”, p.152

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