The pursuit of exotic beauty in such a life would have been like having a ball of tinfoil in your stomach, all… — Laura Kasischke Copy Share Image
I'm married to my job. I'm obsessed with my work, and I run myself into the ground every single day. Unfortunately, a… — Robert Kazinsky Copy Share Image
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light… He who works for sweetness and light united, works to… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
We pursue God because, and only because, He has first put an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Weigh risk carefully, and once you decide a risk is manageable and necessary in the pursuit of your dreams, take it. — Adrian Ballinger Copy Share Image
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
“To truly work smarter instead of harder, embrace what you love. When you're passionate about your work, it transforms into an invigorating… — Robin S. Baker 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
Success treads on the heels of every right effort; and though it is possible to overestimate success to the extent of almost… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Do battle with the enemy. Do battle with your fears. Build your courage to fight what's holding you back, what's keeping you… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
The great danger in today's world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
This is the even-handed dealing of the world!" he said. "There is noth-ing on which it is so hard as poverty; and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
People with long memories and a vivid sense of the past have an immediate understanding of politicians like Donald Trump. They are… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious… — James Nasmyth Copy Share Image
Introspection is self-improvement and therefore introspection is self-centeredness. Awareness is not self-improvement. On the contrary, it is the ending of the self,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The best innovations - both socially and economically - come from the pursuit of ideals that are noble and timeless: joy, wisdom,… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
There is something ridiculous and even quite indecent in an individual claiming to be happy. Still more a people or a nation… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
It is not given to man to know the whole Truth. His duty lies in living up to the truth as he… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If we had nothing but pecuniary rewards and worldly honours to look to, our profession would not be one to be desired.… — Joseph Lister Copy Share Image
The pursuit of happiness is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence as a right of all Americans, as well as on the… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Careless of waste, wallowing in refuse, exterminating the enemies . . . despising age, denying human natural history, fabricating pseudotraditions, swamped in… — Paul Shepard Copy Share Image
In our pursuit of the things of this world, we usually prevent enjoyment, by expectation; we anticipate our own happiness, and eat… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
The road to hell is paved with the pursuit of volume. Volume leads to marginal products, marginal customers, and greatly increased managerial… — Richard Koch Copy Share Image
What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
The dominance of short-term perspectives has led to routine decisions in the markets that sacrifice the long-term buildup of genuine value in… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
How shall we account for our pursuits, if they are original? We get the language with which to describe our various lives… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I've turned it into the constant pursuit of natural and healthy living, which is much more than just exercise and how you… — Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark Copy Share Image
It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if it were an individual person - its… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
In no other pursuit is the best or the worst in a man brought out as in mountaineering. An old friend of… — Frank Smythe Copy Share Image
Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
Those in pursuit of Why are inspired to do what is right. Those in pursuit of What are driven to do what… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“If my heart is set on pursuing real treasures, my mind must be fixed solely on the privilege of enjoying them and… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“The pursuit of holiness is not a quixotic effort to do just what Jesus did. It’s the fight to live out the… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
I’ve always said I didn’t have a Plan B in life. I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning.… — Mario Andretti Copy Share Image
Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually… — Frank Muir Copy Share Image
In 'Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels,' I retell the story of Jonah and show how Jonah was just as… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
