Pursuit Quotes
1137 quotes by 875 authors
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To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.
— Marcus Aurelius
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In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I don't really get…
— Alan Ball
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When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and…
— Gerry Adams
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Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating,…
— Scott Adams
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Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma.
— John Berger
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Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.
— Mortimer Adler
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Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients…
— Les Brown
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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
— John Buchan
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The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the hope of their…
— Martin Van Buren
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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.
— Samuel Butler
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I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.
— Lord Byron
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Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we…
— Julia Cameron
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Only institutions that go about the old-fashioned business of taking in deposits from customer A and lending them out to customer B should be called…
— Graydon Carter
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For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the…
— Jimmy Carter
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It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is…
— Nicolas Chamfort
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We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made…
— William Ellery Channing
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Happiness is not always through success. Equally, the constant pursuit of success is sure unhappiness. But we have to find the balance. My own thoughts…
— Amy Chua
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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that…
— Mario Andretti
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