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Pursuit Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.
- Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the times in which I have…
- With your talents and industry, with science, and that steadfast honesty which eternally pursues right, regardless of consequences, you may promise yourself every thing-but health,…
- Every society has a right to fix the fundamental principles of its association, and to say to all individuals, that if they contemplate pursuits beyond…
- Believing that the happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, that on these alone a stable prosperity can be founded,…
- We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among…
- If [God] has made it a law in the nature of man to pursue his own happiness, He has left him free in the choice…
- The evidence of [the] natural right [of expatriation], like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the pursuit of happiness,…
- All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of…
- Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good…
- We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that…
- I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which…
- Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to…
- The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.
- We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights…
- The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the pursuit of happiness,…
More Pursuit Quotes
- To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. — Marcus Aurelius
- In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I… — Alan Ball
- When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of… — Gerry Adams
- Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle… — Scott Adams
- Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma. — John Berger
- Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible. — Ezra Taft Benson
- Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men. — Mortimer Adler
- Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers… — Les Brown
- The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for… — John Buchan
- The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the… — Martin Van Buren
- There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth. — Samuel Butler
- I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness. — Lord Byron