All successful individuals have become such by hard work; by improving moments before they pass into hours, and hours that other people… — Mary Baker Eddy Copy Share Image
That is our generation's task, to make these works, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is no sure-fire way to get rich quickly. In fact, the pursuit of that usually leads to ruin. — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
We all know there are vast differences between Trump and Trudeau as people, but we need to separate that from the pursuit… — Erin O'Toole Copy Share Image
All pursuits are pointless and fruitless unless and until love and compassion are found and then are the foundation and destination of… — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
It was humanly impossible for the disciples to free themselves from their selfish pursuit of self-exaltation, just as it's impossible for us… — C. J. Mahaney Copy Share Image
How false is the conception, how frantic the pursuit, of that treacherous phantom which men call Liberty. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The "pursuit of happiness" is responsible for a good part of the ills and miseries of the modern world. — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
No human pursuit achieves dignity unless it can be called work, and when you can experience a physical loneliness for the tools… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
I think we're all just searching for a sense of safety and comfort, and that's why we're all looking for someone to… — Laufey Copy Share Image
I try to learn something from every character I take on. I try to better myself personally from it and Red allowed… — Drew Waters Copy Share Image
The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity, battle without… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
There was an air of indifference about them, a calm produced by the gratification of every passion; and through their manners were… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with textures. We're surrounded by so much vinyl that I find myself constantly in pursuit of other textures. One time… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
From the beginning of the Radiation Laboratory, I have had the rare good fortune of being in the center of a group… — Ernest Lawrence Copy Share Image
Such a superiority do the pursuits of literature possess above every other occupation, that even he who attains but a mediocrity in… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The pursuit of science, the study of the great works, the value of free inquiry, in short, the very idea of living… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In the application of Satyagraha, I discovered, in the earliest stages, that pursuit of Truth did not admit of violence being inflicted… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Once we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
There is a tonic strength, in the hour of sorrow and affliction, in escaping from the world and society and getting back… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
Both Matilda and Lavender were enthralled. It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment standing in the presence… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
But if in the pursuit of the means we should unfortunately stumble again on unfunded paper money or any similar species of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“They all want to be happy. They all think they should be happy. And they’re quick to trot out their most cherished… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
To speak of beauty is to enter another and more exalted realm-a realm sufficiently apart from our everyday concerns as to be… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
I think redemption is about righting a wrong, and in that pursuit it's about trying. You can stumble, you can make mistakes,… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
For every one step that you take in the pursuit of higher knowledge, take three steps in the perfection of your own… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
All suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most scientific revelations happened after the pursuit of knowledge quit being secret and hermetic. — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an… — Ralph Adams Cram Copy Share Image
The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Life in this world is short. Let us make use of our lives in the pursuit of happiness and not trouble. — Tunku Abdul Rahman Copy Share Image
Man's pursuit of physical desires and earthly possessions is an indication of his lack of conviction that the purpose of his existence… — Abraham J. Twerski Copy Share Image
“I have always wanted to leave the village and seek adventure. I long to be remembered for something, even if that something… — Walt Disney Company Copy Share Image
Music shouldn't be based around money or politics. Music should be a bunch of people that really do great songs together doing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being a musician was not my choice; it was really a God-ordained thing, so I'm still passionately chasing after the pursuit of… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
The fruits eaten temperately need not make us ashamed of our appetites, nor interrupt the worthiest pursuits. But put an extra condiment… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The resources of a university, of a college, should not be wasted in merely academic pursuits. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
May each of my grandsons know, at an early age, what his life's ambition is -- and may he be successful in… — Bette Davis Copy Share Image
This is a new phase in history where art, science, business and spirit will join together in the pursuit of true wealth. — James Altucher Copy Share Image
