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  • Pursuit of desires, divine passions. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties. -- Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
  • Pursuit of passion, dream of dreamers! -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • Pursuit of excellence is desire for divine fulfilment. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • Pursuit of excellence is the desire for divine fulfilment. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit. -- Antoine Rivarol
  • Pursuit of the approximate can conclude. Not so pursuit of the absolute. -- Mason Cooley
  • Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle. -- Camille Paglia
  • The Pursuit of Happiness: It sure seems to like a good chase, doesn't it? -- Demetri Martin
  • To play Trivial Pursuit with a life like mine could be said to be a form of homeopathy. -- Alan Bennett
  • God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again. -- Federico Fellini
  • Pursuit is a rather desperate act in itself. There's something kind of frantic about the notion of pursuit. -- Michael Leunig
  • Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united. -- Jack London
  • It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit. -- Denis Waitley
  • It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do. -- Richard Steele
  • It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do -- Richard Steele
  • God wants the whole person and He will not rest till He gets us in entirety. No part of the man will do" (101) - "The Pursuit of God -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
  • Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. -- Mario Andretti
  • 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 among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. -- Thomas Jefferson
  • As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time. -- Denis Waitley
  • The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement. -- George Will
  • The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent. -- Mahatma Gandhi
  • The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. -- Matthew Arnold
  • The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success -- Robert Foster Bennett
  • An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. -- Pliny the Elder
  • Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma. -- John Berger
  • Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. -- Guillaume Apollinaire
  • There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
  • The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. -- C.P. Snow
  • There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy. -- Joyce Grenfell
  • All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. -- Thomas Jefferson
  • Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men. -- Mortimer Adler
  • Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. -- Barry Goldwater
  • What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. -- George Bernard Shaw
  • We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty; and individual liberty requires limited government. -- Paul Ryan
  • The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. -- Albert Einstein
  • When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit. -- Martin Scorsese
  • Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe-a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble. -- Albert Einstein
  • Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole. -- Aristophanes
  • I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything. -- William Carey
  • Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism. -- Laurance Rockefeller
  • My aim in life isn't so much the pursuit of happiness as the happiness of pursuit. -- Charles Saatchi
  • I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness. -- Gabrielle Anwar
  • Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit. -- Marianne Williamson
  • Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
  • I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy. -- Parker Palmer
  • The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. -- John Buchan
  • You must be passionate, you must dedicate yourself, and you must be relentless in the pursuit of your goals. If you do, you will be successful. -- Steve Garvey
  • Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion. -- Scott Adams
  • 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. -- Thomas Jefferson
  • I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. -- Barry Goldwater
  • Whether you're shuffling a deck of cards or holding your breath, magic is pretty simple: It comes down to training, practice, and experimentation, followed up by ridiculous pursuit and relentless perseverance. -- David Blaine
  • For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and the greatest advance in a one-sided pursuit only too frequently means dearth to the personality of the individual. -- Georg Simmel
  • Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. -- Mario Andretti
  • While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. -- Sarah Vowell
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  • Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better than the best sleep you've ever had. It's a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh. -- Hugh Jackman
  • If the Olympic Games ever served a true altruistic purpose, they have long since outlived it. Yeah, the pursuit of athletic excellence, sportsmanship and international goodwill is plenty noble. But the modern Olympics are at best a vehicle for agitprop; at worst, a scandal magnet. -- John Ridley
  • There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can't be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they're gay. These are humanitarian issues. At the end of the day, all you want is for people to be happy in the pursuit of life, love and liberty. -- Brandi Carlile
  • Trust is a careless pursuit. -- Lauren Kate
  • Study is a life long pursuit. -- Rickson Gracie
  • Genius - the pursuit of madness. -- Criss Jami
  • Love is the pursuit of shadows ... -- Margaret Atwood
  • Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit. -- Barry Humphries
  • Relentless pursuit to find a competitive edge. -- Pete Carroll
  • The pursuit of dreams is supernatural endeavours. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • Be relentless in your pursuit for expansion. -- Robert Greene
  • Simplicity is the pursuit of the essential. -- Mark Sheppard
  • the engrossing pursuit of Americans is wealth. -- Sarah Josepha Hale
  • Living a daring life is zealous pursuit. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest. -- Laurence Sterne
  • Religion is a temper, not a pursuit. -- Harriet Martineau
  • Be Brave in the pursuit of beauty -- Shu Uemura
  • Love is the pursuit of the whole. -- Plato
  • The greatest sacred-adventure is the pursuit of dreams. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • HALE, with a tasty love of intellectual pursuit -- Arthur Miller
  • Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness... -- Hugh Jackman
  • Imperfection is my ticket, perfection is my pursuit -- Paul Travis
  • Gambling is a most foolish and imprudent pursuit. -- Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Indiscriminate pursuit of perfection infallibly leads to mediocrity. -- Henry Fuseli
  • The pursuit of mastery is an ever-onward almost, -- Sarah Lewis
  • I'm in constant pursuit of growing and evolving. -- Alicia Keys
  • To new beginnings. To the pursuit of...somethingness. -- Cecelia Ahern
  • Vitality! That's the pursuit of life, isn't it? -- Katharine Hepburn
  • travel [is] flight and pursuit in equal parts. -- Paul Theroux
  • The pursuit of the difficult makes men strong -- George W. Romney
  • A life of ease is a difficult pursuit. -- William Cowper
  • Men tire themselves in the pursuit of sleep. -- Laurence Sterne
  • Be persistent in the pursuit of your dreams. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • In the pursuit of knowledge, we know God. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • It changes your life, the pursuit of truth, -- Ben Bradlee
  • We find ourselves in the pursuit of our dreams. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • The pursuit of perfection prevents achievement of the satisfactory. -- George Will
  • The relentless pursuit of being different is very French. -- Alain Ducasse
  • Nothing can replace confidence and single-minded pursuit of purpose. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • Be passionate persistent in the pursuit of your dreams. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • Parenting should be a passion, not a part-time pursuit. -- Ellen Hopkins
  • It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness. -- Viktor E. Frankl
  • Going down in history is a dead end pursuit -- Benny Bellamacina
  • I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection. -- Andrew Vachss
  • The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble. -- Benjamin Disraeli
  • Happiness, as a pursuit, is suitable only for pigs. -- Albert Einstein
  • Don't lose your happiness on the pursuit for more -- Mike Stud
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  • The pursuit of a greater self is a holy-being. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • Architects are by nature and pursuit, leaders and teachers. -- Samuel
  • There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure. -- Max Eastman
  • Reading is by far the most successful pursuit of happiness. -- John Grisham
  • The pursuit of strength is inherently difficult and entirely worthwhile. -- Mike Berry
  • Postmodernism is a freewheeling, unfettered, and unapologetic pursuit of style. -- Ada Louise Huxtable
  • Replace your pursuit of success with the pursuit of contribution. -- Peter Drucker
  • The pursuit of knowledge is more valuable than its possession. -- Albert Einstein
  • People united in pursuit of a righteous cause are unstoppable -- Desmond Tutu
  • In your pursuit of godliness, have you left Jesus behind? -- Elyse Fitzpatrick
  • There is no greater fulfillment as the pursuit of dreams. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • In the pursuit of knowledge, no one should travel alone -- C.S. Woolley
  • Pleasure that is its own pursuit is always bad pleasure. -- C. S. Lewis
  • You have to want your dream enough to pursuit it. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • The pursuit of happiness is the source of all unhappiness. -- Lulu
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