Pursuits Quotes

194 Pursuits quotes by 166 unique authors

Through this atmosphere of torrid splendor moved wan beings as richly upholstered as the furniture, beings without definite pursuits or permanent relations, who drifted on… — Edith Wharton
Useless pursuits and conversations always about the same things absorb the better part of one's time, the better part of one's strength, and in the… — Anton Chekhov
I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he realizes that he's… — Barack Obama
Every industrious man, in every lawful calling, is a useful man. And one principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Like most North Americans of his generation, Hal tends to know way less about why he feels certain ways about the objects and pursuits he's… — David Foster Wallace
Nothing but Christianity will give you the victory. Until a man believes in his heart that Jesus Christ is his Lord and Master... his course… — Francis Scott Key
You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, ackowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all… — Jim Stovall
Whether in the intellectual pursuits of science or in the mystical pursuits of the spirit, the light beckons ahead, and the purpose surging in our… — Arthur Eddington
Although the far territory of the extreme can exert an intoxicating pull on susceptible individuals of all bents, extremism seems to be especially prevalent among… — Jon Krakauer
He had been content with daily labour and rough animal enjoyments, 'till Catherine crossed his path. Shame at her scorn, and hope of her approval,… — Emily Bronte
As often happens between men who have chosen different pursuits, each, while in argument justifying the other's activity, despised it in the depth of his… — Leo Tolstoy
Let us assume that entertainment is the sole end of reading; even so I think you would hold that no mental employment is so broadening… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The great object of life is Sensation - to feel that we exist - even though in pain - it is this "craving void" which… — Lord Byron
Zombies can't believe the energy we waste on nonfood pursuits. — Patton Oswalt
That is what I like; that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness in them should know no… — Jane Austen
There's always risk in life's most rewarding pursuits, isn't there? — Ted Dekker
This good fellowship - camaraderie - usually occurring through the similarity of pursuits is unfortunately seldom super-added to love between the sexes, because men and… — Thomas Hardy
While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. — Amos Bronson Alcott
That I am totally devoid of sympathy for, or interest in, the world of groups is directly attributable to the fact that my two greatest… — Fran Lebowitz
History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated. — Henry Adams

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