It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man's thought must always… — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
The pursuit of holiness is a joint venture between God and the Christian. No one can attain any degree of holiness without… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
The rub is that the pursuit of happiness, as an end in itself, tends automatically, and widely, to be replaced by the… — Whittaker Chambers Copy Share Image
All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Wise statesmen ... established these great self-evident truths, that when in the distant future some man, some faction, some interest, should set… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The great Error of our Nature is, not to know where to stop, not to be satisfied with any reasonable Acquirement; not… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of… — Paul Morphy Copy Share Image
In an age of madness, to expect to be untouched by madness is a form of madness. But the pursuit of sanity… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
There needs to be a ruthlessness in the pursuit otherwise the first sign of a challenge and you just give up! — Bugzy Malone Copy Share Image
No man, perhaps, is so wicked as to commit evil for its own sake. Evil is generally committed under the hope of… — Benjamin Haydon 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
Acquisition of knowledge is not the end, but the means to the end; the end consists in the attainment, thanks to this… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
History ... with its long, leisurely, gentlemanly labors, the books arriving by post, the cards to be kept and filed, the sections… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
Within the mind there are no lies-no possibility of deceiving oneself; and yet, somehow we all manage to bypass the safety of… — Wes Fesler Copy Share Image
The study of infinity is much more than a dry academic game. The intellectual pursuit of the absolute infinity is, as Georg… — Rudy Rucker Copy Share Image
If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Goals live on the other side of obstacles and challenges. Be relentless in pursuit of those goals, especially in the face of… — Ray Bourque Copy Share Image
You know that saying 'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing'? That's so true of positive psychology. Our latest research tells us… — Barbara Fredrickson Copy Share Image
Profound meditation in solitude and silence frequently exalts the mind above its natural tone, fires the imagination, produces the most refined and… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
I love coaching football, and winning a Super Bowl was a goal I've had for a long time. But it has never… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
Youth should be kept strangers to all that is bad, and especially to things which suggest vice or hate. When the five… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine a sorrier pursuit than struggling for years to write a book that attempts to appeal to people who do… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
