#zeal

By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#countries #fortunate #including #large #made

New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#defence #last #new #relation #significant

On many occasions New Zealand has spoken about the need to ensure that women's concerns are fully integrated into all aspects of the United Nations' activities and structures, not marginalised in one part of the Secretariat. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#activities #aspects #concerns #ensure #fully

All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end. ↗

— Tacitus

#end #entered #enterprises #first #great

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

— Jeremy Taylor

#burns #does #friend #golden #hearts

There are some upon this earth of yours,' returned the Spirit, 'who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name; who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#zealots #christmas

Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed. ↗

— Anne Rice

#bibliophiles #book-lovers #willful-ignorance #zealotry #enemy