Let every Christian, as much as in him lies, engage himself openly and publicly, before all the World, in some mental pursuit… — William Blake Copy Share Image
All basic scientists who look to the NCI for funding should know that I will tolerate no retreat on the study of… — Harold E. Varmus Copy Share Image
The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Our goals should serve as markers, measurements of the progress we make in pursuit of something greater than ourselves. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
We punish the body and strip the earth. And we do it in pursuit of a so-called holiness that smacks of the… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
When great causes are on the move in the world, stirring all men's souls, drawing them from their firesides, casting aside comfort,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Government can ensure that we share schools and streets and lunch counters and buses and elevators and theaters, but let us never… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
The practice of architecture is the most delightful of all pursuits. Also, next to agriculture, it is the most necessary to man.… — Philip Johnson Copy Share Image
Professional players work almost every day, for hours on end, and the emphasis is on the word 'work.' It can be with… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
Here's what I believe is sexy at work: being strong and committed and confident, being precisely who you are and in hot… — Charlotte Beers Copy Share Image
What is a scientist?... We give the name scientist to the type of man who has felt experiment to be a means… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Man will not always stay on Earth; the pursuit of light and space will lead him to penetrate the bounds of the… — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Copy Share Image
This place is the Devil, or at least his principal residence, they call it the University, but any other appellation would have… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
To comprehend a man's life, it is necessary to know not merely what he does but also what he purposely leaves undone.… — John Hall Gladstone Copy Share Image
The purpose of Sabbath is not simply to rejuvenate yourself in order to do more production, nor is it the pursuit of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Ways of loving from a distance, mating without even touching-Amor platonicus! The ladder of love one is expected to climb higher and… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
One the one hand, our economists treat human beings as rational actors making choices to maximize their own economic benefit. On the… — John Michael Greer Copy Share Image
“Most of us are continually engaged in some form of pursuit. We are seeking excellence within one or more areas in our… — Lorii Myers Copy Share Image
I suspect that the peer-review system carries a good part of blame for the fact that something like sixty percent or more… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
We can't float through life. We can't be incidental or accidental. We must fix our gaze on a guiding star as soon… — Ossie Davis Copy Share Image
I think it was the same thing that really makes the premise of this film [Women of Wall Street] compelling: the idea… — Meera Menon Copy Share Image
Nothing else in nature behaves so consistently and rigidly as a human being in pursuit of hell. — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Success has a very narrow definition in professional athletics: medals and records, and pursuit of anything outside of that is looked down… — Lauren Fleshman Copy Share Image
Leadership means bringing people together in pursuit of a common cause, developing a plan to achieve it, and staying with it until… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
As we grow older and mature in each incarnation, we are drawn back to samskaras, to previous interests and pursuits. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
This search for happiness can knock us out of sync with God. As the life of Jesus makes clear, keeping in sync… — Franklin Graham Copy Share Image
The pursuit of holiness must be anchored in the grace of God; otherwise it is doomed to failure — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Sustainable change, after all, depends not upon compliance with external mandates or blind adherence to regulation, but rather upon the pursuit of… — Douglas B. Reeves Copy Share Image
Find that pursuit that will energize you, consume you, become an obsession. Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If… — Adrian Tan Copy Share Image
Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done well, it raises the quality of human life. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I feel that I am entitled to trample all other considerations into the dirt in my pursuit of a satisfying pun. — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
I wasn't in the drama department, but I auditioned anyway and he not only cast me but also included a few sketches… — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
the compulsion to work long years in pursuit of some inner vision must be fueled by stubborn fires. — Silvia Tennenbaum Copy Share Image
Culture being a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us,… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
The promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the haunting realization that these… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson was a real poet. He was slick with that 'pursuit' of happiness because the 'pursuit' puts it back on you. — Will Smith Copy Share Image
Some mathematician said that pleasure lies not in discovering the truth but in searching for it. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image