Pursuit Quotes - Page 27

• Let danger never turn you aside from the pursuit of honor or the service to your country ... Know that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue is immortal

  Robert E. Lee

  Country, Honor, Virtue

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• Reading is by far the most successful pursuit of happiness.

  John Grisham

  Reading, Successful, Pursuit Of Happiness

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• Rock 'n' roll is just entertainment, and the kids who like to identify their youthful high spirits with a solid beat are thus possibly avoiding other pursuits that could be harmful to them.

  Bill Haley

  Kids, Rocks, Rock N Roll

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• The base of artistic pursuit is ambivalence and complexity. And that's what I try to do.

  Fernando Perez

  Trying, Artistic, Complexity

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• It's impossible to just come up with one thing that I could say to the world. That's why I've spent my life in the pursuit of the opportunity to sing to it. Summing it up goes against what fuels me.

  Brandi Carlile

  Opportunity, Fuel, World

  "Singer-Songwriter Brandi Carlile: On Leaving a Better World for Her Daughter". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I cannot say Who Art in Heaven-If all my interests and pursuits are in earthly things.

  Ken Blanchard

  Art, Heaven, Interest

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• No one can lead a happy life, or even one that is bearable, without the pursuit of wisdom, and that the perfection of wisdom is what makes the happy life, although even the beginnings of wisdom make life bearable. Yet this conviction, clear as it is, needs to be strengthened and given deeper roots through daily reflection; making noble resolutions is not a important as keeping the resolutions you have made already.

  Seneca the Younger

  Happy Life, Reflection, Roots

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• You know that saying 'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing'? That's so true of positive psychology. Our latest research tells us that the pursuit of happiness is a delicate art. Certain approaches to seeking happiness are now known to backfire, whereas others are effective.

  Barbara Fredrickson

  Art, Pursuit Of Happiness, Psychology

  "Barbara Fredrickson Talks About…". Interview with Seph Fontane Pennock, positivepsychologynews.com. January 20, 2015.

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• Neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims.

  Ayn Rand

  Whim, Irrational

  Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.26, Penguin

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• Thomas Jefferson was a real poet. He was slick with that 'pursuit' of happiness because the 'pursuit' puts it back on you.

  Will Smith

  Real, Pursuit Of Happiness, Poet

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• I never see God. I seldom run into visual clues that remind me of God unless I am looking. The act of looking, the pursuit itself, makes possible the encounter. For this reason, Christianity has always insisted that trust and obedience come first, and knowledge follows.

  Philip Yancey

  Running, Encounters, Firsts

  Philip Yancey (2009). “Reaching for the Invisible God Study Guide”, p.37, Zondervan

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• The principle objectives in life are love, the creation and enjoyment if aesthetic experience, the pursuit of knowledge. Love comes a long way first.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Long, Principles, Way

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• To speak of beauty is to enter another and more exalted realm-a realm sufficiently apart from our everyday concerns as to be mentioned only with a certain hesitation. People who are always in praise and pursuit of the beautiful are an embarrassment, like people who make a constant display of their religious faith. Somehow, we feel such things should be kept for our exalted moments, and not paraded in company, or allowed to spill out over dinner.

  Roger Scruton

  Beautiful, Religious, People

  Roger Scruton (2009). “Beauty: A Very Short Introduction”, p.14, OUP Oxford

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• Giving peace a chance only gives Saddam Hussein more time to prepare for war on his terms, at a time of his choosing, in pursuit of ambitions that will only grow as his power to achieve them grows.

  John McCain

  War, Ambition, Giving

  "Senate approves Iraq war resolution". www.cnn.com. October 11, 2002.

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• Gambling is a most foolish and imprudent pursuit.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Gambling, Foolish

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2007). “The Gambler”, p.18, Modern Library

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• Some may belittle politics, but we know - who are engaged in it - that it is where people stand tall. And, although I know it has its many harsh contentions, it is still the arena that sets the heart beating a little faster. And if it is, on occasions, the place of low skulduggery, it is more often the place for the pursuit of noble causes.

  Tony Blair

  Heart, People, May

  "Blair Steps Down, Takes Up Mideast Peace". Interview with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. June 27, 2007.

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• To be an outstanding musician, you have to be very attentive to the smallest detail and willing to have infinite patience in the pursuit of your ideal. You require absolute control and professionalism.

  Yehudi Menuhin

  Musician, Details, Professionalism

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• I've spent a lot of time in my life dedicating myself to love or the pursuit of love or the understanding of love... I’ve stopped believing in happy endings. I’ve started believing in good days.

  Drew Barrymore

  Believe, Good Day, Understanding

  "Drew Barrymore: My Life Isn't About Baggage Anymore" by Kevin Sessums, parade.com. September 24, 2009.

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• Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness.

  Gary Zukav

  Pain, Order, World

  "The One Thing That’s Keeping You From The Life You Want" by Gary Zukav, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 21, 2013.

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• I think that it is important to be gregarious, and that friendships are not just a leisure pursuit, that they are an integral part of what it is to be human, and one does better work if one has a circle of friends that is active.

  Niall Ferguson

  Thinking, Circles, Important

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• This is a new phase in history where art, science, business and spirit will join together in the pursuit of true wealth.

  James Altucher

  Art, Together, Phases

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• Both the poet and scholar are trying to learn something. The poem for me is a pursuit. Some of the answers are within. Some of the answers are without.

  Gregory Pardlo

  Trying, Answers, Poet

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Our unalienable right to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, those rights were stripped from college kids in Blackburg and Santa Barbara, and from high schoolers at Columbine. And, and from first graders in Newtown, first graders.

  Barack Obama

  Kids, Pursuit Of Happiness, College

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• "Pursuit of happiness" implies that we're running after happiness and happiness is running away from us. It also implies that happiness is somewhere out there, in material goods, which we have to pursue, whereas I believe that it is an illusion happiness is not out there, it is within us.

  Satish Kumar

  Running, Believe, Pursuit Of Happiness

  Interview with Frank Lipman, www.drfranklipman.com. April 14, 2009.

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• Ultimately, the question, "does it really matter?" is a question of humanity. If you're into the pursuit of fidelity, it's a really interesting question. Personally, I don't think digital sounds good, but that's just my own feeling.

  John Vanderslice

  Thinking, Interesting, Feelings

  Source: therumpus.net

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