Quotes about Fervor

Every Christian should become an ambassador of Christ . . .every Christian should be so intoxicated with Christ and so filled with holy fervor that nothing could ever quench his [passion]… Let us capture some of the magnificent obsession that [the] early Christians had!

A good, true, intense love is not complete without madness.

They are boiling with the pressured energy of explosive forces confined in a small space, and with the fervor of all religious movements in their early, purist stages. It is not enough to give lip service and to believe in equal pay: there has to be a conversion, from the heart. Or so they imply.

Almost the whole life of religious bodies lies in the maintenance of their first fervor.

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.

I want to know what passion is, she heard him saying. I want to feel something strongly.

Nothing great ever happened without enthusiasm.

In a way, the futile excuses many people use to cover their superstitions are demolished. They think it is enough to have some sort of religious fervor, however ridiculous, not realizing that true religion must be according to God's will as the perfect measure; that He can never deny Himself and is no mere spirit form to be changed around according to individual preference.

Love is a sort of insanity.

Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of our souls.

Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.