ZEAL

Related Subjects: Ambition, Aspiration, Earnestness, Energy, Enthusiasm, Industry, Resolution

1. If our zeal were true and genuine we should be much more angry with a sinner than a heretic.—ADDISON, The Spectator
   

2. A zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.—Bible, Romans 10:2
   

3. It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing.—Bible, Galatians 4:18
   

4. Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.—DAVIES OF HEREFORD, School of Folly
   

5. I do not love a man who is 'zealous for nothing.—GOLDSMITH, Vicar of Wakefield
   

6. His zeal
   None seconded, as out of season judg'd,
   Or singular and rash.—MILTON, Paradise Lost
   

7. Zeal then, not charity, became the guide,
   And Hell was built on spite, and
   Heav'n on pride.—POPE, Essay on Man
   

8. I have more zeal than wit.—POPE, Imitation of Horace
   

9. We are often moved with passion, and we think it to be zeal.—THOMAS A KEMPIS, Of the Imitation of Christ
   

10. Zeal without knowledge is frenzy.—Proverb
    

11. Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.—Proverb
    

12. Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools.—Proverb
    

13. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
    Straining upon the start.—SHAKESPEARE, Henry V
    

14. Not too much zeal.—TALLEYRAND