Quotes about Eagerness

I wonder if she allowed the man to see her eagerness and scared him? Possibly her failure to wait quietly caused him to curtail the friendship.

The rat race of such predation and usurpation is a restlessness that issues inescapably in anxiety that is often at the edge of being unmanageable; when pursued vigorously enough, moreover, one is propelled to violence against the neighbor in eagerness for what properly belongs to the neighbor.

Every great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

That which anyone has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste.

We actually slander and dishonor God by our very eagerness to serve Him without knowing Him.

He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.