When the soul betrays itself and loses the blessed and longed-for fervor, let it carefully investigate the reason for losing it. And… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
There is nothing in which men more deceive themselves than in what they call zeal. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Liberty is too priceless to be forfeited through the zeal of an administrative agent. — Frank Murphy Copy Share Image
Not the labors of my hands Can fulfill thy Law's demands: Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears forever flow,… — Augustus Toplady Copy Share Image
Who can deny that all men are violent lovers of the truth, when we see them so positive in their errors, which… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Some things will not bear much zeal; and the more earnest we are about them, the less we recommend ourselves to the… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies. — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
Our zeal works wonders, whenever it supports our inclination toward hatred, cruelty, ambition. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
An eagerness and zeal for dispute on every subject, and with every one, shows great self-sufficiency, that never-failing sign of great self-ignorance. — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep the fire out of the one, and the frost… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Seven hundred thousand men are said to have perished in the first two expeditions, which had been thus commenced and carried on… — Elihu Palmer Copy Share Image
It would seem that zeal is not an effect of love. For zeal is a beginning of contention. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
No writer, painter, or actor - no artist - is ever handed a sharp knife (although a few people are handed almighty… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Many ... begin to make converts from motives of charity, but continue to do so from motives of pride. ... Charity is… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
[Herschel and Humboldt] stirred up in me a burning zeal to add even the most humble contribution to the noble structure of… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
We had a missionary zeal about blues music, and I felt, particularly, that Mickie Most was attempting to homogenize, sweeten, and make… — Alan Price Copy Share Image
A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
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… — John Newton Copy Share Image
Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except… — Henry Grady Weaver Copy Share Image
Men who know their God are before anything else men who pray, and the first point where their zeal and energy for… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Let a man in a garret but burn with enough intensity and he will set fire to the world. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Frank Capra, Hollywood's Horatio Alger, lights with more cinematic know-how and zeal than any other director to convince movie audiences that American… — Manny Farber Copy Share Image