Quotes by Zealous People are zealous for a cause when they are not quite positive that it is true. Bertrand Russell zealous positive-thinking people The most zealous converters are always the most rancorous when they fail of producing conversion. Charles Caleb Colton zealous conversion failing When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself. Confucius zealous zeal philosophical The fear of Hell, or aiming to be blest, Savors too much of private interest. This moved not Moses, nor the zealous Paul, Who for their friends abandoned soul and all. Edmund Waller zealous too-much soul We begin our public affection in our families. No cold relation is a zealous citizen. Edmund Burke zealous affection citizens Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety. Edmund Burke zealous atheism religious Here was the rub: one must be more zealous to please God than to avoid sin. One must sacrifice oneself utterly to God's purposes, even to the point of possibly making moral mistakes. One's obedience to God must be forward-oriented and zealous and free, and to be a mere moralist or pietist would make such a life impossible. Eric Metaxas zealous sacrifice mistake Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment he was bound as a statesman to consult, he was swift, zealous, radical, and determined. Frederick Douglass zealous country dull Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost. Gautama Buddha gaining-knowledge zealous lost A Hindu is a born mystic, and the luxuriant nature of his country has made him a zealous pantheist Helena zealous born country As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God. Ignatius of Loyola zealous littles joy Someone who has actually tasted truth is not contentious for truth. Someone who is considered by people to be zealous for truth has not yet learned what truth is really like; once he has truly learned it, he will cease from zealousness on its behalf. Isaac of Nineveh zealous truth-is people Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat anyone unjustly. Be oppressed, rather than be an oppressor. Be gentle rather than zealous. Lay hold of goodness, rather than justice. Isaac of Nineveh zealous spiritual justice Pelagianism is the natural heresy of zealous Christians who are not interested in theology. J. I. Packer zealous christian natural A zealous Savior ought to have zealous disciples. J. C. Ryle zealous savior disciple John Wayne was never shy about that fervor, but because he was never overly zealous about his politics, and of course his status as a movie, he was embraced by both the right and the left. Jay Roach wayne zealous shy I'm pretty opinionated sometimes although my political views change all the time, too. So I'm not very zealous. Jay Roach zealous political views People say that the Bible is a boring book...but they don't say that about Shakespeare, because the people who teach Shakespeare are zealous for Shakespeare. Malcolm Muggeridge zealous book people Don't let our outside labels or how fervent we look or zealous we are or how righteous we seem; that's not how you measure yourself against other people. Everyone is a child of God; if we really believed that, we'd treat each other better. Mitch Albom zealous children people Nothing could be more beneficial for even the most zealous searcher for knowledge than his being in fact most learned in that very ignorance which is peculiarly his own; and the better a man will have known his own ignorance, the greater his learning will be. Nicholas of Cusa zealous ignorance men 12»