Quotes About Zeal

if there's anything missionaries do well, it's seek out and destroy fun).

Os homens nunca praticam o mal tão completa e entusiasticamente como quando o fazem por convicção religiosa.

Die Menschen tun das Böse nie so vollständig und begeistert, wie wenn sie es aus religiöser Überzeugung tun.

Los hombres nunca hacen el mal de forma tan completa y entusiasta como cuando lo hacen por convencimiento religioso.

Maar het is me vaak gebeurd dat ik de verleidelijkste voorstellingen van de zonde juist aantrof in de geschriften van die mannen van onkreukbare deugdzaamheid, die de bekoring en de invloeden ervan veroordeelden. Teken dat zij worden gedreven door een zodanige ijver om van de waarheid te getuigen dat zij, uit liefde voor God, niet aarzelen aan het kwaad alle verlokkingen toe te schrijven waarin het zich hult, om de mensen beter in kennis te stellen van de manieren waarop de Boze hen bekoort.

Be serious," said Enjolras. "I am wild," replied Grantaire.

Como se vê, tal como acontece com os recém-chegados a uma religião, a sua conversão embriagava-o, precipitava-se na adesão e ia demasiado longe.

The more extreme and the more expressed that passion is, the more unbearable does life seem without it. It reminds us that if passion dies or is denied, we are partly dead and that soon, come what may, we will be wholly so.   —

She ate life with unapologetic enthusiasm and took as many helpings as she wanted.

The spirit grows sluggish when you neglect the passions.

Burn like a bonfire in whatever you do

There's a rule they don't teach you at the Harvard Business School. It is, if anything is worth doing, it's worth doing to excess.

There is nothing quite like the moral absolutism of the young." -Hodge

You're attacking that one like a wolverine.

Curiosity – if not desire, if not plain kindness – might have led him to greater zeal.

Be the flame, not the moth.

There are no uninteresting things, there are only uninterested people.

He must be a man of some force.' 'He's a religious fanatic.' Leo suddenly smiled. 'So were Martin Luther and Oliver Cromwell and John the Baptist, Viscountess. Give me a good religious fanatic every time! They always mean business, and they'll do what they set out to do or die trying.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.

Be the dot on the exclamation point of life!

There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.

You don't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Preferirei essere cenere che polvere! Preferirei che la mia fiamma bruciasse in una vampa brillante piuttosto che venire ricoperto dalla muffa. Preferirei essere un magnifico meteorite, con atomi che bruciano e si infiammano, piuttosto che un pianeta immobile e assopito. La natura dell'uomo è vivere, non esistere. Non ho intenzione di sprecare i miei giorni nel tentativo di prolungarli, voglio viverli.

You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.