Confucius
Philosopher
"When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself."
Zeal quotes
Zeal
31 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Aesop
Fabulist
"Zeal should not outrun discretion."
Blaise Pascal
Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
"Not the zeal alone of those who seek Him proves God, but the blindness of those who seek Him not."
Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
"The hopes of zeal are not wholly groundless."
Theodore Roosevelt
Politician, Author
"My hat is in the ring."
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"The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies."
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"It would seem that zeal is not an effect of love. For zeal is a beginning of contention."
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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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"Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal."
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"Too much zeal offends where indirection works."
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