Firm, faithful, and devoted, full of energy and zeal, and truth, he labors for his race; he clears their painful way to improvement; he hews down like a giant the prejudices of creed and caste that encumber it. He may be stern; he may be exacting; he may be ambitious yet; but his is the sternness of the warrior Greatheart, who guards his pilgrim convoy from the onslaught of Apollyon. His is the exaction of the apostle, who speaks but for Christ, when he says, Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. His is the ambition of the high master-spirit, which aims to fill a place in the first rank of those who are redeemed from the earth -- who stand without fault before the throne of God, who share the last mighty victories of the Lamb, who are called, and chosen, and faithful.
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At least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas.
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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.
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Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
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I have an almost religious zeal... not for technology per se, but for the Internet which is for me, the nervous system of mother Earth, which I see as a living creature, linking up.
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When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected I believe to One does feel.
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We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.
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A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
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Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.
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Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers.The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.
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Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficial. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.
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Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end
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The most important thing women have to do is to stir up the zeal of women themselves.
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Judged by every standard which history has applied to Governments, the Soviet Government of Russia is one of the worst tyrannies that has ever existed in the world. It accords no political rights. It rules by terror. It punishes political opinions. It suppresses free speech. It tolerates no newspapers but its own. It persecutes Christianity with a zeal and a cunning never equalled since the times of the Roman Emperors. It is engaged at this moment in trampling down the peoples of Georgia and executing their leaders by hundreds.
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Fanaticism is the child of false zeal and of superstition, the father of intolerance and of persecution.
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Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal, while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation.
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Zeal without knowledge is like expedition to a man in the dark.
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Experience shows that success is due less to ability that to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul.
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There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.
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At least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas.
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Kindness has converted more sinners, than zeal, eloquence or learning.
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Let a good person do good deeds with the same zeal that an evil person does bad ones.
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Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
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Creativity comes from zeal to do something, generally it is to make some money.
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Philippians 3:6:
As for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.
(NIV)
As to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and by the Law's standard of righteousness (supposed justice, uprightness, and right standing with God) I was proven to be blameless and no fault was found with me.
(AMP)
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
(KJV)
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John 2:17:
His disciples remembered that it is written: 'Zeal for your house will consume me.'
(NIV)
And His disciples remembered that it is written [in the Holy Scriptures], Zeal (the fervor of love) for Your house will eat Me up. [I will be consumed with jealousy for the honor of Your house.][Ps. 69:9.](AMP)
And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
(KJV)
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Too much zeal spoils everything.
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Let a good man do good deeds with the same zeal that the evil man does bad ones.
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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.
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