Pursuits Quotes

194 Pursuits quotes by 166 unique authors

Parents bobble between a nostalgia-infused yearning for their children to play and fear that time spent playing is time lost to more practical pursuits. — Robin Marantz Henig
More than we sleep, play, or make love, we work. Yet despite - or perhaps because of - this dominant daily grind, much of our… — Paul Di Filippo
I have entered the field to die, if need be, for this government, and never expect to return to peaceful pursuits until the object of… — John A. Logan
It is rather hard to be accused of shiftlessness and idleness when the accuser closes the avenue of labour and industrial pursuits to us. — George H. White
If, however, you have richer pursuits in mind and know that no woman should be judged by how she looks - that everything she brings… — Arabella Weir
Also, painting and animation are really solitary pursuits, so the collaborative aspects of music making and acting are pretty welcome sometimes. — Tunde Adebimpe
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the… — Thomas Jefferson
Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at second-hand from books or other… — William Hazlitt
The nearer society approaches to divine order, the less separation will there be in the characters, duties, and pursuits of men and women. Women will… — Lydia M. Child
It wants not merely microscopic but telescopic power to know humanity in its essence; a power to discern its grandeur as well as its littleness,… — Zoheb
We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. Too much of the time,… — Dorian Cox
We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. Too much of the time,… — C. JoyBell C.
Some pursuits the happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their hands. — Maat Ihapi
Women do not have to sacrifice personhood if they are mothers. They do not have to sacrifice motherhood in order to be persons. Liberation was… — Elaine Heffner
Focus not on what is missing from our lives, Be grateful for the abundance that's present--love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature, and… — Unknown Author
The mere idea of marriage, asa strong possibility, if not always nowadays a reasonable likelihood, existing to weaken the will by distracting its straight aim… — William Bolitho
The mere idea of marriage, asa strong possibility, if not always nowadays a reasonable likelihood, existing to weaken the will by distracting its straight aim… — William Bolitho
With a little more deliberationin the choice of their pursuits,all men would perhaps become essentially students and observers, for certainly their nature and destiny are… — Henry David Thoreau
Soulmates tend to find each other during their respective pursuits of their soul missions. Creating a soulmate could be seen as a spiritual reward that… — Unknown Author

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