Pursuits Quotes

Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.

It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfilment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

A person is not given integrity. It results from the relentless pursuit of honesty at all times.

A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.

The pursuit of what is true and the practice of what is good are the two most important objects of philosophy.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

The life of ease is a difficult pursuit.

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty.

That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

The thing that counts most in the pursuit of happiness is choosing the right companion.

The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a life time.

A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being.

I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.

The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

What did you do as a child that made the hours pass like minutes? Herein lies the key to your earthly pursuits.

He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.

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 stood in their way.

The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion.

Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been, and ever will be pursued, until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.

The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster.

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 infinitely more successful.

The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego.

The happiest time in a man's life is when he is in the red hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is.

He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea.

I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.

Religion is a temper, not a pursuit.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.

The highest function of the teacher consists not so much in imparting knowledge as in stimulating the pupil in its love and pursuit.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if it were an individual person - its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.

I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed.

And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed.

To many, Homer may appear lazy and a loser, but he's just much misguided.

He's boorish, sure, but well meaning and, I guess, the one thing we have in common is the pursuit of lousy diets.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.