Quotes about Zeal

Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.

But we ever find, that even those who have not been deficient in their zeal for piety, nor in reverence and sobriety in handling the mysteries of God, have by no means agreed among themselves on every point; for God hath never favored his servants with so great a benefit, that they were all endued with a full and perfect knowledge in every thing; and, no doubt, for this end — that he might first keep them humble; and secondly, render them disposed to cultivate brotherly intercourse.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Praying without fervency is like hunting with a dead dog.

Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person.

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep fire out of the one, and frost out of the other.

Dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the forbidden appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government.

Sinful zeal doth make men doubly sinful.

As holy zeal is the fervency of our grace, so sinful zeal is the intention and fervency of sin.

People will give themselves to prayer for numerous reasons, but at the core of it all is a God, raging with zealous desire.

We can scarcely indeed look into any part of the sacred volume without meeting abundant proofs, that it is the religion of the Affections which God particularly requires. Love, Zeal, Gratitude, Joy, Hope, Trust, are each of them specified; and are not allowed to us as weaknesses, but enjoined on us as our bounden duty, and commended to us as our acceptable worship.