Definition of zeal

"zeal" in the noun sense

1. ardor, ardour, elan, zeal

a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause

"they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"

"he felt a kind of religious zeal"

2. zeal

excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end

"he had an absolute zeal for litigation"

3. readiness, eagerness, zeal, forwardness

prompt willingness

"readiness to continue discussions"

"they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel"

"they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority"

"he tried to explain his forwardness in battle"

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Quotations for zeal

Not too much zeal. [ Talleyrand ]

Zealous, yet modest. [ Beattie ]

Too much zeal spoils all. [ French Proverb ]

I have more zeal than wit. [ Pope ]

Blind zeal only does harm. [ M. G. Lichtwer ]

Tell zeal it lacks devotion. [ Sir Walter Raleigh ]

Blind zeal can only do harm. [ Lichtwer ]

Above all, gentlemen, no zeal. [ Talleyrand ]

Labor with what zeal we will.
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
Waits the rising of the sun. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

Zeal without prudence is frenzy. [ Proverb ]

The fool rageth and is confident. [ Bible ]

Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve.
And press with vigor on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal.
And an immortal crown. [ Philip Doddridge ]

Without enthusiasm there is no zeal. [ J. Ellis ]

Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. [ Dryden ]

They did not know how hate can burn
In hearts once changed from soft to stern;
Nor all the false and fatal zeal
The convert of revenge can feel. [ Byron ]

Zeal, then, not charity, became the guide. [ Pope ]

Rapt with zeal, pathetic, bold, and strong,
Roll'd the full tide of eloquence along. [ Falconer ]

For virtue's self may too much zeal be had:
The worst of madmen is a saint run mad. [ Pope ]

The hopes of zeal are not wholly groundless. [ Johnson ]

Nothing to build, and all things to destroy. [ Dryden ]

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. [ Proverb ]

Zeal is by means the same with fury and rage. [ Proverb ]

Zeal, when it is a virtue, is a dangerous one. [ Proverb ]

A Spirit, zealous, as he seemed, to know
More of the Almighty's works, and chiefly Man,
God's latest image. [ Milton ]

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing. [ Goldsmith, Vicar of Wakefield ]

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. [ Emerson ]

The frenzy of nations is the statesmanship of fate. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

True zeal is merciful and mild, can pity and forbear. [ John Newton ]

But zeal moved thee; To please thy gods thou didst it! [ Milton ]

Zeal and duty ... on occasion's forelock watchful wait. [ Milton ]

God approves the depth, but not the tumult, of the soul. [ Wordsworth ]

They have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. [ Bible ]

To be furious in religion is to be irreligiously religious. [ William Penn ]

It were better to be of no church than to be bitter for any. [ William Penn ]

Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools. [ Proverb ]

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. [ Tillotson ]

There are zealots for slavery as well as zealots for freedom. [ Burleigh ]

Zeal without knowledge is like expedition to a man in the dark. [ Newton ]

We do that in our zeal our calm moment would be afraid to answer. [ Scott ]

The church is out of temper when charity waxes cold, and zeal hot. [ Proverb ]

The zeal of friends it is that razes me. And not the hate of enemies. [ Schiller ]

Zeal and duty are not slow; But on occasion's forelock watchful wait. [ Milton ]

The good which bloodshed could not gain your peaceful zeal shall find. [ Whittier ]

For zeal's a dreadful termagant, That teaches saints to tear and rant. [ Butler ]

In the ardor of pursuit men soon forget the goal from which they start. [ Schiller ]

Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal. [ Moliere ]

A father or a brother may be hated zealously, and loved civilly or naturally. [ Milton ]

Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning. [ F. W. Faber ]

There is nothing in which men more deceive themselves than in what they call zeal. [ Addison ]

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

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human; the latter is divine. [ Hosea Ballou ]

On such a theme it were impious to be calm; passion is reason, transport, temper, here! [ Young ]

True zeal is an ignis lambeus, a soft and gentle flame, that will not scorch one's hand. [ Cudworth ]

Zeal without humility is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment. [ Feltham ]

Violent zeal for truth has a hundred to one odds to be either petulancy, ambition, or pride. [ Swift ]

If our zeal were true and genuine we should be much more angry with a sinner than a heretic. [ Addison ]

There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders. [ Fielding ]

Motives by excess reverse their very nature, and instead of exciting, stun and stupefy the mind. [ Coleridge ]

Not the zeal alone of those who seek Him proves God, but the blindness of those who seek Him not. [ Pascal ]

It is a zealot's faith that blasts the shrines of the false god, but builds no temple to the true. [ Sydney Dobell ]

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk with a certain belief. [ Emerson ]

I have never known a trader in philanthropy who was not wrong in his head or heart somewhere or other. [ Coleridge ]

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together. [ Jeremy Taylor ]

It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice. [ William Penn ]

The zeal which begins with hypocrisy must conclude in treachery; at first it deceives, at last it betrays. [ Bacon ]

Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep fire out of the one and frost out of the other. [ Addison ]

A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

Nothing has wrought more prejudice to religion, or brought more disparagement upon truth, than boisterous and unseasonable zeal. [ Barrow ]

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. [ Charles Buxton ]

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. [ Addison ]

Do not too many believe no zeal to be spiritual but what is censorious or vindictive? Whereas no zeal is spiritual that is not also charitable. [ Thomas Sprat ]

Some things will not bear much zeal; and the more earnest we are about them, the less we recommend ourselves to the approbation of sober and considerate men. [ Tillotson ]

Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction. [ Colton ]

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

Urge them while their souls are capable of this ambition, lest zeal, now melted by the windy breath of soft petitions, pity and remorse, cool and congeal again to what it was. [ William Shakespeare ]

I would have every zealous man examine his heart thoroughly, and I believe he will often find that what he calls a zeal for his religion is either pride, interest, or ill-repute. [ Addison ]

A proud bigot, who is vain enough to think that he can deceive even God by affected zeal, and throwing the veil of holiness over vices, damns all mankind by the word of his power. [ Boileau ]

It is admirably remarked, by a most excellent writer, that zeal can no more hurry a man to act in direct opposition to itself than a rapid stream can carry a boat against its own current. [ Fielding ]

Persecuting bigots may be compared to those burning lenses which Lenhenhoeck and others composed from ice; by their chilling apathy they freeze the suppliant; by their fiery zeal they burn the sufferer. [ Colton ]

Personal attachment is no fit ground for public conduct, and those who declare they will take care of the rights of the sovereign because they have received favours at his hand, betray a little mind and warrant the conclusion that if they did not receive those favours they would be less mindful of their duties, and act with less zeal for his interest. [ C. Fox ]

zeal in Scrabble®

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Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

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Words within the letters of zeal

2 letter words in zeal (3 words)

3 letter words in zeal (2 words)

4 letter words in zeal (Anagrams) (2 words)

zeal + 1 blank (8 words)

Word Growth involving zeal

Shorter words in zeal

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Longer words containing zeal

overzeal overzealed

overzeal overzealous overzealously

overzeal overzealous overzealousness

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zealless

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