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    Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my King, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.

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Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to read more

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.

by Charles Buxton 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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I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which
he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do read more

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."

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

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Zealous, not modest.

Zealous, not modest.

by James Beattie Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

by William Hazlitt 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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Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path read more

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.

by Buddha Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon
the rights of others.

Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon
the rights of others.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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