Reflect, ere you spurn me, that youth at his sides Wears wings; and once gone, all pursuit he derides. — Theocritus Copy Share Image
America's political system used to be about the pursuit of happiness. Now More and more of us want to stop chasing it… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
Here's one of the great challenges of life. Being happy with what you have while in pursuit of what you want. — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Where there is no desire or pursuits, there is no wholeness. But there are satisfying lesser states, fragments. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
By looking into physical causes our minds are opened and enlarged; and in this pursuit, whether we take or whether we lose… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Much as we don't condone impunity, if pursuit for justice was in conflict with pursuit for peace, peace must prevail. — Bernard Membe Copy Share Image
Comfort kills ambition. Get uncomfortable and get used to it in your pursuit of your goals and dreams. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
“The pursuit of our dreams is not without any difficulty. Those who triumph have learn’t to overcome the difficulty.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Not that I don't think irreverent humor and someone being filthy is funny, I just do what I do. Any comedian would… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I know of no system other than Hinduism under which a class has been set apart from generation to generation for the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
You know, American citizens, I don't think, ever thought that the right to the pursuit of happiness did not include the right… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Technique is the basis of every pursuit. If you're a sportsman or you're a singer or a swimmer, well that comes under… — Joan Sutherland Copy Share Image
Psychological wealth includes life satisfaction, the feeling that life is full of meaning, a sense of engagement in interesting activities, the pursuit… — Ed Diener Copy Share Image
The classical allusions and the Platonic disquisitions on beauty are no longer a form of cover, but integral to Aschenbach's complex sexuality.… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
The ecstatic state of wholeness is bound to be transient because it has no part in the total pattern of ‘adaptation through… — Anthony Storr 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 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
“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'm a rock climber. I really specialize in doing first ascents, and finding new routes outside, as opposed to doing competitions. I… — Chris Sharma 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
True happiness isn't something that can be made. It isn't the result of anything. Happiness comes to those who understand that you… — Guy Finley Copy Share Image
What a delight it is to think that you are quietly & philosophically at work in the pursuit of science... rather than… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
Legal ethics is a misnomer ... lawyers conducting themselves legally are not necessarily conducting themselves morally ."...and ..."The zero sum nature of… — Thane Rosenbaum Copy Share Image
Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information; it is a creative human activity. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
It would be better for us to have some doubts in an honest pursuit of truth, than it would be for us… — Daniel Wallace Copy Share Image
I will remain in relentless pursuit of continuing my lifelong dream of being an NFL quarterback. — Tim Tebow Copy Share Image
I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of… — Sting Copy Share Image
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Once your fairytale gets shattered multiple times, life will finally paint reality in its place.” — VaeEshia Ratcliff-Davis Copy Share Image
Real photography is a wonderfully inclusive, democratic medium, whereas art photography is more often a private pursuit by conmen. — Philip Jones Griffiths Copy Share Image
First and foremost, my involvement within the Olympic pursuit and Games were obviously surrounded by only putting the absolute best nutrients into… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
The more we devote ourselves to the pursuit of holiness and happiness, the less likely we will be on a path to… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Much of what has gone wrong in the pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace is due to a lack of strong leadership, primarily among… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
Of all the pursuits open to men, the search for wisdom is most perfect, more sublime, more profitable, and more full of… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
When your entire life is focused around one goal and one goal only, and you have no other pursuits, it enables you… — Liz Garbus Copy Share Image
We need to explore the relationship between means and ends. Purposes grow out of situations. One may find the pursuit first and… — David Hawkins 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
Don't marry so you can stop pursuing women. Marry so you can perfect the pursuit of ONE woman for a lifetime. — John Piper Copy Share Image