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There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country. (Quote by - Joseph Addison)


Zealous, not modest. (Quote by - James Beattie)


But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. (Quote by - Bible)


For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. (Quote by - Bible)


Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow. (Quote by - Bible)


For zeal's a dreadful termagant, That teaches saints to tear and cant. (Quote by - Samuel Butler)


Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve, And press with vigour on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown. (Quote by - Philip Doddridge)


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." (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)


Blind zeal can only do harm. (Quote by - Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer)


A Spirit, zealous, as he seemed, to know More of the Almighty's works, and chiefly Man, God's latest image. (Quote by - John Milton)


But his zeal None seconded, as out of season judged, Or singular and rash. (Quote by - John Milton)


But zeal moved thee; To please thy gods thou didst it! (Quote by - John Milton)


Zeal then, not charity, became the guide. (Quote by - Alexander Pope)


I have more zeal than wit. (Quote by - Alexander Pope)


Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will, And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill. (Quote by - Alexander Pope)


Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others. (Quote by - Alexander Pope)


My hat is in the ring. (Quote by - Theodore Roosevelt)


The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies. (Quote by - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller)


We do that in our zeal our calmer moment would be afraid to answer. (Quote by - Sir Walter Scott)


If I had obeyed God, as I have obeyed him, He would not have punished me. (Quote by - Swamwra of Basra)


Terms ill defined, and forms misunderstood, And customs, when their reasons are unknown, Have stirred up many zealous souls To fight against imaginary giants. (Quote by - Martin Farquhar Tupper)


Press bravely onward!--not in vain Your generous trust in human kind; The good which bloodshed could not gain Your peaceful zeal shall find. (Quote by - John Greenleaf Whittier)


Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine. (Quote by - Hosea Ballou)


A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal. (Quote by - Mahatma Gandhi)


ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl. (Quote by - Ambrose Bierce)


Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly. (Quote by - Sir John Davies)


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. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)


Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment. (Quote by - Owen Felltham)


Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost. (Quote by - Buddha)


Blind zeal can only do harm. (Quote by - Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer)


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. (Quote by - Charles Buxton)


Let a good person do good deeds with the same zeal that an evil person does bad ones. (Quote by - Shalom Rokeach)


Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it. (Quote by - William Shenstone)


Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. (Quote by - John Tillotson)