Pursuit Quotes

It's a great game - the pursuit of happiness.

Those in pursuit of Why are inspired to do what is right. Those in pursuit of What are driven to do what is easy.

Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.

The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm.

A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success

Fishing is a quest for knowledge and wonder as much as a pursuit of fish; it is as much an acquaintance with beavers, dippers, and other fishermen as it is the challenge of catching trout.

Our predicament is not the difficulty of attaining happiness, but the difficult of avoiding the misery to which the pursuit of happiness exposes us.

Man will not always stay on Earth; the pursuit of light and space will lead him to penetrate the bounds of the atmosphere, timidly at first, but in the end to conquer the whole of solar space.

Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.

Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christ’s pursuit of us.

God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.

Leadership is the art of serving God by helping His people become more like His Son through the indefatigable pursuit of His vision and values.

Generations of human beings were transformed into machines in the relentless pursuit of material wealth: We lived to work.

We're told about a woman's right to control her own body. But doesn't the unborn child have a higher right, and that is to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

Manhattan is a narrow island off the coast of New Jersey devoted to the pursuit of lunch.

Be Brave in the pursuit of beauty

Success comes when we wake up every day in that never-ending pursuit of why we do what we do.

When the mind soars in pursuit of the things conceived in space...it pursues emptiness; but when man dives deep within himself, he experiences the fullness of existence.

The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich may find hard to pay.

Fashion is the pursuit of perfection, Style is the acceptance of one's flaws.

Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.

There are also times in life when a person has to rush off in pursuit of hopefulness.

There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.

The Master Mind principle: Two or more people actively engaged in the pursuit of a definite purpose with a positive mental attitude, constitute an unbeatable force.

As with the pursuit of happiness, the pursuit of truth is itself gratifying whereas the consummation often turns out to be elusive.

America's political system used to be about the pursuit of happiness. Now More and more of us want to stop chasing it and have it delivered.

The whole idea of the pursuit of goods and possessions has completely corrupted the human experience, along with religion, which I think limits the intellect.

If we are to be as a shining city upon a hill, it will be because of our ceaseless pursuit of the constitutional ideal of human dignity.

The pursuit of enlightenment is for the purpose of the world, not merely for the purpose of the individual. Practices for enlightenment must lead to action in the world.

What sets human beings apart from animals is not the pursuit of happiness, which occurs all across the natural world, but the pursuit of meaning, which is unique to humans.

Reading is by far the most successful pursuit of happiness.

The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time.

When we reflect on the shortness and uncertainty of life, how despicable seem all our pursuits of happiness.

The pursuit of your life is to come into [your] purpose. And the waste of your life is to miss that purpose.

Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume that one really knows is fatal indeed!

the engrossing pursuit of Americans is wealth.

There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed.

You wear yourself out in the pursuit of wealth or love or freedom, you do everything to gain some right, and once it's gained you take no pleasure in it.

We all must die. There is no better way to do so than in the pursuit of something you love.

Love is the pursuit of the whole.

Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.

You must be passionate, you must dedicate yourself, and you must be relentless in the pursuit of your goals. If you do, you will be successful.

Don't marry so you can stop pursuing women. Marry so you can perfect the pursuit of ONE woman for a lifetime.

I’ve always said I didn’t have a Plan B in life. I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It’s all about desire and passion. At all costs.

One of the things that happens in my house on the holidays is after dessert, we sit down to a very ambitious men-versus-women game of Trivial Pursuit. It's brutal. And there's a trophy.

When I see the elaborate study and ingenuity displayed by women in the pursuit of trifles, I feel no doubt of their capacity for the most herculean undertakings.

I think redemption is about righting a wrong, and in that pursuit it's about trying. You can stumble, you can make mistakes, but it's about trying to do the right thing.

I and my colleagues here have been engaged in the pursuit of knowledge.

Be grateful for what you have, while in pursuit of what you want.

Discipleship is the pursuit of holiness and happiness. It is the path to our best and happiest self.