Zeal Quotes - Page 10

• But God himself is truth; in propagating which, as men display a greater integrity and zeal, they approach nearer to the similitude of God, and possess a greater portion of his love.

  John Milton

  Truth, Integrity, Men

  John Milton (1851). “The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Biographical Introduction”, p.489

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• There are no people on earth in whom a spirit of enthusiastic zeal is so readily kindled, and burns so remarkably, as Americans

  David McCullough

  People, Earth, Spirit

  David McCullough (2011). “David McCullough American History E-book Box Set: John Adams, 1776, Truman, The Course of Human Events”, p.642, Simon and Schuster

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• Whatever capital you divert to the support of a shiftless and good-for-nothing person is so much diverted from some other employment, and that means from somebody else. I would spend any conceivable amount of zeal and eloquence if I possessed it to try to make people grasp this idea. Capital is force. If it goes one way it cannot go another. If you give a loaf to a pauper you cannot give the same loaf to a laborer. Now this other man who would have got it but for the charitable sentiment which bestowed it on a worthless member of society is the Forgotten Man.

  William Graham Sumner

  Mean, Men, Ideas

  William Graham Sumner (1971). “Sumner today: selected essays of William Graham Sumner, with comments by American leaders”

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• Too much zeal offends where indirection works.

  Euripides

  Too Much, Persuasion

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”

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• Without wilderness, we will eventually lose the capacity to understand America. Our drive, our ruggedness, our unquenchable optimism and zeal and elan go back to the challenges of the untrammeled wilderness.

  Harvey Broome

  America, Optimism, Challenges

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• ...a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination; a scholar with great brilliance of wit; a wit who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal.

  Samuel Johnson

  Religious, Science, Men

  Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt (1854). “Johnson's Lives of the British Poets”, p.205

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• [Herschel and Humboldt] stirred up in me a burning zeal to add even the most humble contribution to the noble structure of Natural Science. No one or a dozen other books influenced me nearly so much as these two. I copied out from Humboldt long passages about Teneriffe and read them aloud on one of [my walking excursions].

  Charles Darwin

  Book, Humble, Science

  Charles Darwin (1902). “Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters”, p.46, Library of Alexandria

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• The saints are sinners still. Our best tears need to be wept over, the strongest faith is mixed with unbelief, our most flaming love is cold compared with what Jesus deserves, and our intensest zeal still lacks the full fervor which the bleeding wounds and pierced heart of the crucified might claim at our hands. Our best things need a sin offering, or they would condemn us.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Heart, Love Is

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1988). “Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series”, Baker Publishing Group

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• Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.

  John Calvin

  Heart, Men, Worship

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• All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of the human advancement may for the most part be overcome by steady good conduct, honest zeal, activity, perseverance and above all, by a determined resolution to surmount.

  Samuel Smiles

  Perseverance, Overcoming, Advancement

  Samuel Smiles (1861). “Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.352

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• We have come tardily to the tremendous task of cleaning up our environment. We should have moved with similar zeal at least a decade ago. But no purpose is served by post-mortems. With visionary zeal but the greatest realism, we must now address ourselves to the vast problems that confront us.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Should Have, Tasks, Purpose

  Gerald R. Ford (1973). “Selected speeches”, Desert Publications

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• Go forward with new zeal and determination, and through your example shine the light of the gospel in this troubled world.

  L. Tom Perry

  Determination, Light, Shining

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• The zeal of fools offends at any time.

  Alexander Pope

  Fool

  Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1866). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. ...”, p.71

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• Not on the outer world For inward joy depend; Enjoy the luxury of thought, Make thine own self friend; Not with the restless throng, In search of solace roam But with an independent zeal Be intimate at home.

  Lydia Sigourney

  Independent, Home, Self

  Lydia Howard Sigourney (1860). “Gleanings”, p.208

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• Fans of football and fans of nationhood have a similar zeal. Read the fanzines: their contributors could find a needle-sized diss in a haystack of compliments, and their passions are fundamentalist.

  Andrew O'Hagan

  Football, Passion, Fans

  "I gave it my best shot" by Andrew O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2006.

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• Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Hate, Light, Hatred

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• If you have to do with one who is unquestionably a slanderer, do not excuse him by calling him frank and free-spoken; do not call one who is notoriously vain, liberal and elegant; do not call dangerous levities mere simplicity; do not screen disobedience under the name of zeal; or arrogance, of frankness; or evil intimacy, of friendship. No, my friends, we must never, in our wish to shun slander, foster or flatter vice in others: but we must call evil evil, and sin sin, and so doing we shall serve God's glory.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Names, Evil, Simplicity

  Saint Francis de Sales, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]”, p.279, Catholic Way Publishing

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• Satan's time of tempting is usually after an ordinance; and the reason is, because then he thinks he shall find us most secure. When we have been at solemn duties, we are apt to think all is done, and we grow remiss, and leave off that zeal and strictness as before; just as a soldier, who after a battle leaves off his armour, not once dreaming, of an enemy. Satan watches his time, and when we least suspect, then he throws in a temptation.

  Thomas Watson

  Dream, Prayer, Thinking

  Thomas Watson (2015). “All Things for Good”, p.21, Ravenio Books

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• He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.

  Jeremy Taylor

  Heart, Ties, Together

  Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1854). “The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor ...: Clerus domini. Office ministerial. Discourse of friendship. Rules and advices to the clergy. Life”, p.85

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• Zeal for the glory of God motivates world missions

  John Piper

  World, Glory, Missions

  John Piper (2010). “Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions”, p.52, Baker Academic

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• Zeal is that pure and heavenly flame,The fire of love supplies ;While that which often bears the name,Is self in a disguise.True zeal is merciful and mild,Can pity and forbear ;The false is headstrong, fierce and wild,And breathes revenge and war.

  John Newton

  Revenge, War, Fire

  John Newton (1877). “Olney hymns: in three books”, p.423

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• It is pleasant to see a notorious profligate seized with a concern for religion, and converting his spleen into zeal.

  Joseph Addison

  Notorious, Spleen, Concern

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• Let shining Charity adorn your zeal,
  The noblest impulse generous minds can feel.

  Aaron Hill

  Shining, Mind, Charity

  Aaron Hill, James Cawthorn, Michael Bruce (1822). “The Poems of Hill, Cawthorn, and Bruce”, p.43

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• A little knowledge and an over-abundance of zeal always tends to be harmful. In the area involving religious truths, it can be disastrous.

  Kathryn Kuhlman

  Religious, Religion, Littles

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• Minnesotans hate zeal. Zeal is right up there on the list of suspicious emotional behaviors like joy and despair. Always err on the side of blandness.

  Tami Hoag

  Hate, Emotional, Joy

  Tami Hoag (2006). “Prior Bad Acts”, p.221, Bantam

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