Zealous Quotes

• Upon thy cheek I lay this zealous kiss, as seal to the indenture of my love.

  William Shakespeare

  Kissing, Cheeks, Lays

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage”, p.328

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Lost, Gaining Knowledge, Zeal

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

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• Scientists have long known that Darwinism is false. They have adhered to the myth out of self-interest and a zealous desire to put down God.

  Phillip E. Johnson

  Self, Long, Desire

  "Berkeley Law Professor Finds Darwin Wanting: Author Calls Evolution 'Imaginative Story'". Interview with Claire Cooper, Sacramento Bee, 3, p. B5, June 3, 1991.

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• People are zealous for a cause when they are not quite positive that it is true.

  Bertrand Russell

  Positive Thinking, People, Causes

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• Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

  William Shenstone

  Men, Belief, Zeal

  William Shenstone, Samuel Johnson, Robert Dodsley (1807). “Essays on men and manners; with aphorisms, criticisms, impromptus, fragments, etc”, p.148

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• When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

  Confucius

  Philosophical, Zeal, Ifs

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• As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.

  Ignatius of Loyola

  Joy, Littles, Life Experience

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• Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

  John Tillotson

  Wise, Men, Fool

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• A believing man will be a zealous man. Faith makes a man zealous. Faith shows itself by zeal. Not by zeal for a party or a system or an opinion; but by zeal for Christ - zeal for His church - zeal for the carrying on of His work on earth.

  Horatius Bonar

  Party, Believe, Men

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• Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.

  Khalil Gibran

  Country, Oasis, Firsts

  "The New Frontier" (1925)

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

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Love, Men, Zeal

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

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• A zealous Savior ought to have zealous disciples.

  J. C. Ryle

  Savior, Disciple, Ought

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke”, p.264, Editora Dracaena

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• Let them push you, but do not push; Let them crucify you, but do not crucify. Let them insult, but do not insult. Let them slander, but do not slander. Be meek, and do not be zealous in evil.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• I've always been very zealous about not invading other people's private spaces.

  Peter Jennings

  Humor, Space, People

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• A library of wisdom, then, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it.

  Richard de Bury

  Wealth And Happiness, Library, All Things

  Richard de Bury (1889). “Philobiblon”

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• I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and every species of religious persecution.

  George Washington

  Spiritual, Religious, Religion

  George Washington (1837). “The Writings of George Washington: pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses”, p.155

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• The Lord called Himself and is the 'good Shepherd' (Jn. 10:11). If you believe in His guidance, then you will understand by your heart that as a zealous shepherd when feeding his flock does not allow the sheep to disperse, but gathers them together, so also the Lord pastures our souls, not allowing them to wander in falsehood and sins, but gathering them on the path of virtue, and not allowing the mental wolf to steal and scatter them.

  John of Kronstadt

  Christian, Believe, Heart

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• 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.

  Samuel Johnson

  Men, Fool, Remember

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished”, p.359

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• Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

  Edmund Burke

  Religious, Atheism, May

  Speech, 18 February 1788, in E. A. Bond (ed.) 'Speeches...in the Trial of Warren Hastings' (1859) vol. 1, p. 104

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• Again and again, I've seen Bush turn a blind eye as his henchmen have leveled zealous attacks against his political enemies - assaults which the president himself has sometimes directly encouraged.

  Paul Begala

  Eye, Political, Enemy

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• Most of these students are so conditioned to success that they become afraid to take risks. They have been taught from a young age by zealous parents, schools, and institutional authorities what constitutes failure and success. They are socialized to obey. They obsess over grades and seek to please professors, even if what professors teach is fatuous. The point is to get ahead, and getting ahead means deference to authority. Challenging authority is never a career advancer.

  Chris Hedges

  Mean, School, Careers

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• Leaders can only lead willing, preferably zealous followers so don't get too far out in front of your team.

  Nick Morgan

  Team, Leader, Followers

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.

  Wilhelm Steinitz

  Reflection, Demand, Chess

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• We begin our public affection in our families. No cold relation is a zealous citizen.

  Edmund Burke

  Citizens, Affection, Cold

  1790 Reflections on the Revolution in France.

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• We are more inclined to hate one another for points on which we differ, than to love one another for points on which we agree. The reason perhaps is this: when we find others that agree with us, we seldom trouble ourselves to confirm that agreement; but when we chance on those who differ from us, we are zealous both to convince and to convert them. Our pride is hurt by the failure, and disappointed pride engenders hatred.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Hurt, Hate, Pride

  Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”

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