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    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."

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My hat is in the ring.

My hat is in the ring.

by Theodore Roosevelt Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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But his zeal
None seconded, as out of season judged,
Or singular and rash.

But his zeal
None seconded, as out of season judged,
Or singular and rash.

by John Milton Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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If I had obeyed God, as I have obeyed him, He would not have
punished me.

If I had obeyed God, as I have obeyed him, He would not have
punished me.

by Swamwra Of Basra Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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Let a good person do good deeds with the same zeal that an evil person does bad ones.

Let a good person do good deeds with the same zeal that an evil person does bad ones.

by Shalom Rokeach Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

by John Tillotson Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing,
and not only when I am read more

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing,
and not only when I am present with you.

by Bible Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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Blind zeal can only do harm.
[Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.]

Blind zeal can only do harm.
[Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.]

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It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity

It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity

by Blaise Pascal Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

by Kahlil Gibran Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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