Pursuit Quotes - Page 36

• This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

  Frank Herbert

  Wise, Men, Tools

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.216, Penguin

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• That word again. Happy. It’s a curse. The pursuit of happiness makes us deeply unhappy. It’s a trap.Before anything else happened, there was me in bed, thinking of who you used to be. I don’t want you to think I forgot.

  David Levithan

  Pursuit Of Happiness, Thinking, Unhappy

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• Too many scholars think of research as purely a cerebral pursuit. If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we have wasted our study. Books can store information better than we can--what we we do that books cannot is interpret. So if one is not going to draw conclusions, then one might as well just leave the information in the texts.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Book, Thinking, Research

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings”, p.462, Macmillan

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• The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it.

  Albert Einstein

  Stars, Jewish Tradition, Justice

  Albert Einstein (2007). “The World As I See It”, p.90, Book Tree

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• True purity, however, is a direction, a persistent, determined pursuit of righteousness. This direction starts in the heart, and we express it in a lifestyle that flees opportunities for compromise.

  Joshua Harris

  Heart, Opportunity, Determined

  Joshua Harris (2012). “I Kissed Dating Goodbye: A New Attitude Toward Relationships and Romance”, p.93, Multnomah

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• While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Time, Years, Age

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• Power lies in the details, and the tenacious pursuit of such hidden levers can pay off enormously. While you don't want to get a reputation as a prissy worrywart, worrying about the details in private is important. You may think you are the world's greatest speaker, but if the auditorium's sound system is singing static - well, forget it.

  Tom Peters

  Inspirational, Lying, Thinking

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• That I am totally devoid of sympathy for, or interest in, the world of groups is directly attributable to the fact that my two greatest needs and desires - smoking cigarettes and plotting revenge - are basically solitary pursuits.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Revenge, Being Alone, Two

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.77, Vintage

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• As people spin faster and faster in the pursuit of merely personal happiness, they become exhausted in the futile effort of chasing themselves.

  Andrew Delbanco

  Happiness, Happy, People

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• It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.

  Robert Herrick

  Being Happy, Men, Pursuit Of Happiness

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• That is the America which stands not in pursuit of an axis of evil, but which is itself at the axis of hope and faith and peace and freedom.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Freedom, Axes, America

  "A Prayer for America" by Dennis Kucinich, www.commondreams.org. February 26, 2002.

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• While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.

  John F. Kennedy

  Freedom, Defense, Abandon

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.18, Best Books on

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• A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.

  William Cowper

  Life, Happiness, Ease

  William Cowper (1815). “Poems”, p.290

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• The Constitution of America only guarantees pursuit of happiness-you have to catch up with it yourself. Fortunately, happiness is something that depends not on position but on disposition, and life is what you make it.

  Gill Robb Wilson

  Life, Happiness, America

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• History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated.

  Henry Adams

  History, Rich, Educated

  Henry Adams, Ernest Samuels (1992). “Henry Adams, Selected Letters”, p.204, Harvard University Press

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• Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties.

  Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

  Knowledge, Difficulty, Pursuit Of Knowledge

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• More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.

  Amy Grant

  Dream, Learning, Laughing

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• This is essentially a people's contest... whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men - to lift artificial weights from all shoulders - to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all - to afford all, an unfettered start and a fair chance, in the race of life.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Race, People

  Abraham Lincoln (1991). “Great Speeches”, p.73, Courier Corporation

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• To wage war on misery and to struggle against injustice is to promote, along with improved conditions, the human and spiritual progress of all men, and therefore the common good of humanity. Peace cannot be limited to a mere absence of war, the result of an ever precarious balance of forces. No, peace is something that is built up day after day, in the pursuit of an order intended by God, which implies a more perfect form of justice among men.

  Pope Paul VI

  Spiritual, Peace, War

  Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI), Pope Paul VI (1980*). “On the development of peoples”

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• I speak of peace, therefore, as the necessary rational end of rational men. I realize the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the pursuit of war... But we have no more urgent task.

  John F. Kennedy

  Peace, War, Men

  American University Commencement Address, delivered 10 June 1963

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• The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a mater-architect; in execution, the labors of many.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Peace, Humanity, Execution

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• I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Truth, Sacrifice, Giving

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.63, A&C Black

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• Satyagraha is the pursuit of truth. My grandfather believed that truth should be the cornerstone of everybody's life and that we must dedicate our lives to pursuing truth, to finding out the truth in our lives. And so his entire philosophy was the philosophy of life. It was not just a philosophy for conflict resolution, but something that we have to imbibe in our life and live it all the time so that we can improve and become better human beings.

  Arun Manilal Gandhi

  Truth, Philosophy, Grandfather

  "Satyagraha 100 Years Later: Gandhi Launches Modern Non-Violent Resistance Movement on Sept. 11, 1906". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. September 8, 2006.

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• It is imperative that the Christian, at the beginning of his pursuit to understand what true worship is, gets it clear that the object of our worship is to be God and God alone.

  R. C. Sproul

  Christian, Worship, Clear

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• There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  World, Fame, Trade

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