Zeal and duty are not slow But on occasion's forelock watchful wait.
Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.
He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.
Where passion for God is weak, zeal for missions will be weak.
We need spirited, energetic and strong young people whose hearts are filled with life, enthusiasm, zeal and dynamism; whose souls are full of ambition, aspiration and vigor and have great goals, rising and aspiring to reach them until they eventually arrive at their destination.
When our troubles are many we are often by grace made courageous in serving our God; we feel that we have nothing to live for in this world, and we are driven, by hope of the world to come, to exhibit zeal, self-denial, and industry.
The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies.
Sinful zeal doth make men doubly sinful.
It is a cheap zeal that reserves its passions to combat only the sins and temptations of others.
True zeal is an ignis lambeus, a soft and gentle flame, that will not scorch one's hand.
It would seem that zeal is not an effect of love. For zeal is a beginning of contention.
If you would have a clear evidence that little love, that little faith, that little zeal, you have is true? Then live up to that love, live up to that faith, live up to that zeal that you have; and this will be evidence beyond all contradiction.
In [David] Douglas's success in life. . . his great activity, undaunted courage, singular abstemiousness, and energetic zeal, at once pointed him out as an individual eminently calculated to do himself credit as a scientific traveler.
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.
Nothing hath wrought more prejudice to religion, or brought more disparagement upon truth, than boisterous and unseasonable zeal.
The zeal of atheists is the most admirable thing about them.
Our culture's zeal for longevity reveals our incredible collective fear of death.
The Church desperately needs people of joy and zeal. Show me a church that is consistently obedient to this single command, and I will show you a church that is turning its world upside down.
In truth we know by experience that song has great force and vigour to move and inflame the hearts of men to invoke and praise God with a more vehement and ardent zeal.
The strong equilibrium point f just described is one of "unrelenting ferocity" against offenders. It exhibits a zeal for meting out justice that is entirely oblivious to the sometimes dire consequences to oneself or to the other faitheful i. e. , those who have not deviated.