| EARNESTNESS See also: Enthusiasm; Zeal | 認真 |
| Execute every act of thy life as if it were thy
last. Marcus Aurelius 把你一生中每一件事情都當成這輩子的最後一件事來做。 |
| Earnestness is the devotion
of all the faculties. C. N. Bovee 認真是對一切才能的熱愛。 |
| The kingdom of God is not for the well meaning, but
for the desperate. James Denney 上帝的國度不是為那些指望得到甚麼好結果的人，而是為那些孤注一擲的人。 |
| It is your duty and glory to
do that every day that you would willingly do on a dying day. Thomas Brooks 把每一天該做的事情當成垂死那天一樣的心甘情願的去做，那是你的責任也是你的榮耀。 |
| Don't touch Christianity unless you mean business.
I promise you a miserable existence if you do. Henry Drummond 除非你是玩真的，否則別去碰基督教。不然我保證你會很慘。 |
| Earnestness is the salt of
eloquence. Victor Hugo 認真是能言善道所需的調味鹽。（一個能言善道的能力需要認真工作的態度來調配。） |
| Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. Blaise Pascal 認真是理性調和過的狂熱。 |