Sentences with word «zeal»

Do not forget that the history of American education is checkered with examples of short - lived surges of zeal for reform, most of which died after brief bursts of spending accompanied by earnest talk.

He is eloquent on the subject of «the unique religious system present within each congregation,» and speaks with missionary zeal of «the bulky body of symbols and stories and values and beliefs and histories contained therein which lie just beyond the grasp of any of the quantitative tools at our disposal.»

«It was then that I became incensed with zeal for Christ, as it seemed to me (or, if you prefer, by a juvenile enthusiasm).»

In attitude to the law he was a Pharisee, in zeal for his religion he was persecutor of the Christian church, in righteousness of the law faultless.

A slim rope around his waist perhaps gestures to the title's «bound:» as for «faith,» amid the work's Old Masterly overtones, is that a glint of missionary zeal in his eye?

We as humans will experience the waxing and waning of religious zeal for as long as humankind survives on this earth.

Students, meanwhile, point to CSOs (compliance sewage - overflow pipes), demonstrating the same zeal with which other teens might gawk at UFOs.

If we must go back to the Reformers, why not go to Ulrich Zwingli, who developed a popular liturgy and led the Reformation over most of Switzerland with great zeal?

Right now, Muslims are at war with other sects of Muslims and are killing with just as much zeal as when they fight with Jews.

I started by making all kinds of recipes but over the course of this year I have found my passions and have a little bit more zeal in how I envision this blog to move forward.

I believe that conservation of resources and controlling or reducing pollution are important goals regardless of possible climate change but that the evangelical zeal with which this process is being tackled is extremely dangerous, not to mention costly.

I have long thought that one reason the sex - abuse crisis became so extreme was the lack of zeal on the part of bishops, who put an alleged «compassion» for abusive priests over the obvious welfare of their flocks.

Through the dusty and yellowing files they will go, the intellectuals of that day, anxious to temper their natural reforming zeal with some sympathetic understanding of how Catholics felt and behaved in the late 1960s.

[Pantaneus] displayed such zeal for the divine word that he was appointed as a herald of the Gospel of Christ to the nations of the east and was sent as far as India.

If we put the same zeal into this campaign as we did into those a million households could see their lives transformed.

It will scarce be credited in Britain, that men can be as diligent with us from zeal for the public good, as with you for thousands per annum.

It was, we learn, the First «Great Awakening» in the 1740s and 1750s that led to the revolutionary zeal on which our nation's drive for independence was based.

My point, and I do have one, is that it takes huge guts and entrepreneurial zeal as well as hard, hard work to succeed in self publishing.

There is far too much zeal in tearing others down, we need to instead support each other, and attack the real problem — ourselves.

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, says patriotic zeal of citizens is very important to national...

I have a new zeal now (and a new freedom) and even as I type this I'm searching myself for its origins.

A new financial year sees many an individual exhibiting Salman Khan - like zeal in outlining commitments to self and family.

The lack of it is unappealing, and a job candidate who lacks zeal doesn't have a chance.

He was also attacked by James Callaghan (then a junior minister) for his lack of zeal about further nationalisation.

Whether you're new to the real estate industry or feel renewed zeal for your business, one thing is for sure: if you want to make this year your best, you have to understand the law of the harvest.

On the company's fourth quarter conference call in January, Mayer discussed implementing «rigorous hiring protocols» — a phrase unnamed company employees cited by Reuters say is code for a newfound zeal for high grades and degrees from prestigious universities like Stanford.

The cast is rounded out with a game Laura Linney as the shrewd housekeeper, her witty and intelligent son Roger played with a real zeal by Milo Parker, our before - mentioned Hiroyuki Sanada (elegant and electric as usual) and a moving performance by Hattie Morahan as the final subject of Sherlock's last case.

When zeal for the truth causes Christians to speak in mean and hurtful ways, we are justified in questioning whether they really have the truth at all.

For the defence: supporters say Pope Benedict approached the problem with a crusading zeal not shown by his predecessor.

Now we live in a civilization that tends to look askance at zeal.

Ability to learn fast, zeal towards work and positive attitude are most sought - after qualities employer looks for in a fresher candidate.

The ambiance of the class spells positivity, optimism and hope towards a fresh new perspective, a new found zeal in life.

For the record, I think the «fiscal responsibility» zeal now sweeping through Congress is equal parts delusion and sham.

My questions about whether a student could maintain his learning zeal without the daily monitoring of a teacher came to a standstill when Gonzalo started submitting his work.

That's why there's a certain zeal in the step of the shoppers who, spring through fall, head on weekend mornings to the farmers markets in Peekskill, Cold Spring, Beacon and other nearby towns (yes, mostly with canvas tote bags).

Look at Athletico Madrid, they just have the winning mentality and passion, look at city, even with money grabbing players they played with more zeal against PSG.

He espoused the concept with messianic zeal.

Spiritual zeal like Peter, divine knowledge like Paul, wisdom like Solomon's, a cute face and great style — all in one person.

The donkey enters the picture only afterward, when the crowd gets caught up in a palm - waving, nationalistic, king - admiring zeal.

Paul is apparently seeking to stimulate the apostolic zeal of missionaries who will bring the saving truth of Christ to all who do not yet believe.

What's less evident, however, is the history of their placement, which reveals a particular zeal for going green by HGSE.

The Pope issued an encyclical earlier this month which, notes Cal Law Legal Pad, included the following statement: «On the part of rich countries there is excessive zeal for protecting knowledge through an unduly rigid assertion of the right to intellectual property, especially in the field of health care.»

In contrast with peoples and nations of earlier stages in history, we show less zeal in our search for a framework.

Frankenstein drunkenly laughs off the superstition of religion, while dour Inspector Turpin (Sherlock's Andrew Scott) clings to his rosary with radical zeal, offering the potential for the kind of faith vs. science discussion in which Shelley's classic story excels.

I remember years ago when I was in the first flush of Christian zeal and part of a student group.

High and low culture are used with equal zeal in collisions of the phenomenological expectations of the art viewing experience, with similar expectations driven by cinematic and other technological clichés, leading to a reinvigoration of the power of material production and a revealing of contemporary judgments of production value.

There's a fine line between zeal and arrogance sometimes.