Pursuit Quotes · Page 9

Neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims.

— Ayn Rand

In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued.

— Eric Hoffer

Essentially pursuit of happiness is saying, everything's allowed until we come down on it.

— Howard Rheingold

“Hang on! God will strength in any act of your pursuit.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

There's always risk in life's most rewarding pursuits, isn't there?

— Ted Dekker

The aim of any writer, even a fantasy writer, is the pursuit of truth.

— Matt Haig

Our bodies are held captive, but our pursuit of freedom cannot be contained.

— Joshua Wong

I have some intellectual-type pursuits, like studying philosophy and stuff like that.

— Van Morrison

Much as we don't condone impunity, if pursuit for justice was in conflict with pursuit for peace, peace must prevail.

— Bernard Membe

Comfort kills ambition. Get uncomfortable and get used to it in your pursuit of your goals and dreams.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Here's one of the great challenges of life. Being happy with what you have while in pursuit of what you want.

— Jim Rohn

Where there is no desire or pursuits, there is no wholeness. But there are satisfying lesser states, fragments.

— Gore Vidal

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information; it is a creative human activity.

— Stephen Jay Gould

“The pursuit of our dreams is not without any difficulty. Those who triumph have learn’t to overcome the difficulty.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Once your fairytale gets shattered multiple times, life will finally paint reality in its place.”

— VaeEshia Ratcliff-Davis

“If you truly want to pursue and achieve the success you were created for, you must recognize the role of vision, the…

— Israelmore Ayivor

America is a mosaic not of groups but of individuals, each of whom carries a host of cultural influences, some chosen, some…

— Virginia Postrel

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

For me, 'The Social Network' isn't about Facebook. It certainly isn't about how people use it. It's about a flawed character and…

— Trent Reznor

Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example, how dangerous is the pursuit of knowledge and how much…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

The highest excellence is seldom attained in more than one vocation. The roads leading to distinction in separate pursuits diverge, and the…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

If you're a journalist - and I think, on some level, I'm a journalist, and proud to be a journalist, or a…

— Errol Morris

Excess consumption doesn't make people happy. We can continue to provide for our needs, but we can't continue the endless pursuit of…

— Tim DeChristopher

Certainly the affirmative pursuit of one's convictions about the ultimate mystery of the universe and man's relation to it is placed beyond…

— Felix Frankfurter

Therefore, for me, living true to my self may be defined as: Making the daily choices in all areas of my life…

— Anonymous

Youth should be kept strangers to all that is bad, and especially to things which suggest vice or hate. When the five…

— Aristotle

Girlhood ... is the intellectual phase of a woman's life, that time when, unencumbered by societal expectations or hormonal rages, one may…

— Alice Kahn

They had rejected the soul-body dichotomy, with its two corollaries: the impotence of man's mind and the damnation of this earth; they…

— Ayn Rand

I confess I was surprised to find that so many men spent their whole day, ay, their whole lives almost, a-fishing. It…

— Henry David Thoreau

Finally, everybody agrees that no one pursuit can be successfully followed by a man who is preoccupied with many things-eloquence cannot, nor…

— Anonymous

Smoking is, if not my life, then at least my hobby. I love to smoke. Smoking is fun. Smoking is cool. Smoking…

— Fran Lebowitz

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

— George Will

[America] will stand steadfast with Israel in pursuit of security and a lasting peace.

— Barack Obama

“Then what do you want with me?'... 'The pursuit of happiness.”

— Edwidge Danticat

Documenting one's life in the midst of living it is a strange pursuit.

— Rosanne Cash

I don't want to be a Trivial Pursuit question.

— Nick Viall

“Is it possible to pursue happiness if the pursuit itself does not make you happy?”

— Deepak Malhotra

The pursuit of perfection prevents achievement of the satisfactory.

— George Will

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero