You cannot ignore or completely escape the deeply ingrained short-term reward system within you. But you can become aware of what really… — Scott Belsky Copy Share Image
I should esteem it the extreme of imprudence to prolong the precarious state of our national affairs, and to expose the Union… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I came from anonymity, and I will continue to write as a private pursuit. — W. G. Sebald 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
“But life is a lot more balanced and varied now. My competitive nature has softened, and my drive and determination are channelled… — Chrissie Wellington Copy Share Image
There is a spiritual realm that encompasses all beings. Make friends with the angels, who will always be with you, although invisible.… — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit… — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
When you come to analyze the love of money which was the general impulse to effort in your day, you find that… — Edward Bellamy Copy Share Image
Making loans and fighting poverty are normally two of the least glamorous pursuits around, but put the two together and you have… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
We feel strongly that the spirit characteristic of America at its noblest, above all the pursuit of higher learning, cannot admit of… — Abraham Flexner Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, many people do not feel comfortable with freedom. They must find for themselves a leader, a guru, or a mentor to… — Joseph Girzone Copy Share Image
Many of you have already found out, and others will find out in the course of their lives, that truth eludes us… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I decline the election. It has ever been my rule through life, to observe a proportion between my efforts and my objects.… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
It is important to remember that value investing is not a perfect science. It is an, with an ongoing need for judgment,… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Persons who reach the higher rungs in business management, selling, engineering, religious work, writing, acting, and in every other pursuit get there… — David J. Schwartz Copy Share Image
In fact people do not know enough about themselves and what is good for them to form a sufficiently definite conception of… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
For extending its sway, partly by force of arms, partly by the voluntary submission of weaker tribes, the community soon acquires wealth… — Anonymous 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
Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Almost all photographers have incurred large expenses in the pursuit of tiny audiences, finding that the wonder they'd hoped to share is… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
The sad fact is that if you love education, revere the life of the mind, care about the pursuit of truth, think… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm. — Roy Baumeister Copy Share Image
When I perform, I always opt for communication with God, and in pursuit of communicating with God, you can enter some very… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
