Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
All my life, I have served and will continue to serve the ANC in its pursuit of the objectives of the National… — Jacob Zuma Copy Share Image
I make an idol of my moral consciousness. My pursuit of the good is corrupted by the sin of idolatry. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Let us both small and great push forward in this work, in this pursuit, if to our country, if to ourselves we… — Horace Copy Share Image
“It is a truth that we should not settle for less, but in the 21st century it is the constant pursuit for… — Hope D. Blackwell Copy Share Image
It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit; it acknowledges the commonality of people's experience. — John Charles Polanyi Copy Share Image
It is one of history's greatest ironies that, over the centuries, the pursuit of pleasure has resulted in more pain than enjoyment. — Mardy Grothe Copy Share Image
You should at all times be showing a well-motivated character overcoming obstacles in pursuit of a goal. — James Frey Copy Share Image
The free society does not guarantee virtue, any more than it guarantees happiness. But it allows for the pursuit of both, a… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
I take so much pleasure at seeing customers who are happy: happy with what they eat, but happy with their friends and… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
Perhaps art criticism cannot be reformed in a logical sense because it was never well-formed in the first place. Art criticism has… — James Elkins Copy Share Image
I don't really see what can be said about the role of faculty members, or universities, beyond the truisms voiced earlier, and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
To the non-initiate, whose experience of sexuality and bodily pleasure may be distorted by negative cultural conditioning, the introduction of sexuality into… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
They whirled past the dark trees, as feathers would be swept before a hurricane. Houses, gates, churches, hay-stacks, objects of every kind… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The Constitution of America only guarantees pursuit of happiness-you have to catch up with it yourself. Fortunately, happiness is something that depends… — Gill Robb Wilson Copy Share Image
I have been envious of male characteristics, if not the men themselves. I'm jealous of the ease with which they seem to… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
It is generally allowed, that no man ever found the happiness of possession proportionate to that expectation which incited his desire, and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Barring love and war, few enterprises are undertaken with such abandon, or by such diverse individuals, or with so paradoxical a mixture… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Because the Holy Spirit is God, we feel Him as He controls our circumstances and transforms our lives. When He does that,… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court has said that: Marriage is the most important relation in life. Now that's being withheld from the plaintiffs. It… — Ted Olson Copy Share Image
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Food is "everyday"-it has to be, or we would not survive for long. But food is never just something to eat. It… — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing for us seems to be to give of ourselves, to do away with selfishness. If we really love… — Nathan Eldon Tanner Copy Share Image
Capitalism might be defined, if we wish to be scientific, as a form of economic organization motivated by the pursuit of profit… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
The blind pursuit of learning leads to excessive desires—the more you see, the more you want. Excessive desires, in turn, lead to… — Derek Lin Copy Share Image
“Incorporate daily programs on positive thinking as a counterbalance against the negativity you may encounter in pursuit of your dreams.” — Ken Poirot Copy Share Image
Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
Obama, in pursuit of power, has been as greedy and irresponsible as any Wall Street tycoon in pursuit of money. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma. — John Berger Copy Share Image
...the majority of people cannot endure the bareness and futility of their lives unless they have some ardent dedication, or some passionate… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich may find hard… — Tony Hoare Copy Share Image
To read is to withdraw.To make oneself unavailable. One would feel easier about it if the pursuit inself were less...selfish. — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
“The impulse to pursue God originates with God, but the outworking of that impulse is our following hard after Him; and all… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
It is not by delusion, however exalted, that mankind can prosper, but only by unswerving courage in the pursuit of truth. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Freedom means self-fulfillment. It also means putting up with other people's irritating pursuit of the same. It means being confronted by disturbing… — Wendy McElroy Copy Share Image
If two people want to get married, it's their prerogative - we hope. Everybody should be able to do what they want… — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
In research, I wanted to establish the medicinal chemistry/bioassay conjugation as an academic pursuit, as exciting to the imagination as astrophysics or… — James Black Copy Share Image
Leadership, pure and simple, is the assumption of responsibility for the pursuit of excellence in group life. — Philip Selznick Copy Share Image
