Seeking Quotes

1388 Seeking quotes by 1025 unique authors

I am much interested and deeply impressed by what he has accomplished and by his evidenced honest purpose of restoring Italy and seeking to prevent… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
A man who has once perceived, however temporarily and however briefly, what makes greatness of soul, can no longer be happy if he allows himself… — Bertrand Russell
At no time and in no circumstances should a Communist place his personal interests first; he should subordinate them to the interests of the nation… — Mao Zedong
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. ... [By seeking] logical beauty spiritual formulas are discovered necessary for the deeper penetration… — Albert Einstein
Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better. — Xenophanes
[I]t is the maxim of the saints that when a matter has been decided in the presence of God after many prayers and the seeking… — Vincent de Paul
Modern prophets say that our economics have failed us. No! It is not our economics which have failed; it is man who has failed-man who… — Fulton J. Sheen
If you devote your life to seeking revenge, first dig two graves. — Confucius
Arguing, after all, is less about seeking truth than about overcoming opposing views. — Sharon Begley
One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss, will not find happiness hereafter. — Gautama Buddha
It`s important to know where you`ve come from so that you can know where you`re going. I probably chose my profession because I was seeking… — Cary Grant
We are all doomed to seek our own happiness; we can't help ourselves. We are all, the cruel and the gentle alike, condemned to seeking… — Jesse Browner
I protect my right to be a Catholic by preserving your right to believe as a Jew, a Protestant, or non-believer, or as anything else… — Mario
When a man is willing to set aside the legitimate appetites of the body to concentrate on the work of praying, he is demonstrating that… — Arthur Wallis
All time is wasted that is not spent in seeking God — Lahiri Mahasaya
The streets of our country are in turmoil. The universities are filled with students rebelling and rioting. Communists are seeking to destroy our country. Russia… — Adolf Hitler
The kind who live for music and are constantly seeking it out, anywhere they can. Who can't imagine a life without it. They're enlightened. — Sarah Dessen
I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South dearest rights. But I have… — Robert E. Lee
That will be the position I will be in as long as I'm on earth--that is, seeking the right path that God would have laid… — Sarah Palin
It is not a character fault or weakness or seeking attention. It is somebody who is ill. — Jerry Reed
My hope emerges from those places of struggle where I witness individuals positively transforming their lives and the world around them. Educating is a vocation rooted… — Bell Hooks
In seeking success you must also seek fulfillment. Ask yourself not only what you want to be but who you want to be. — Elizabeth Dole
I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm bad at it.… — Gregory Maguire
Be what it is that you are seeking. — Wayne Dyer
The dictionary describes a selfish person as one who is 'concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself: seeking pleasure or well-being without regard for others.' May… — H. Burke Peterson

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