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Zeal then, not charity, became the guide.
Zeal then, not charity, became the guide.
Zeal will do more than knowledge.
Zeal will do more than knowledge.
Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my King, He would not in mine age read more
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.
 Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will,
 And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill.  
 Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will,
 And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill. 
A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be read more
A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.
ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.
 There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a 
nation, than a want of zeal read more 
 There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a 
nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of 
their country. 
 Press bravely onward!--not in vain
 Your generous trust in human kind;
  The good which bloodshed could not read more 
 Press bravely onward!--not in vain
 Your generous trust in human kind;
  The good which bloodshed could not gain
   Your peaceful zeal shall find. 
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.