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The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm. — Roy Baumeister

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

Most important pursuit in history: the search for meaning. — John Green

The pursuit of perfection keeps us from joy, love, peace, hope, and so many of the other gifts God intends for us. — Holley Gerth

For the last 40 years of my life I have broken my back, my fingernails, and sometimes my heart, in the practical pursuit of my favourite occupation. — Vita Sackville-West

I am running for Attorney General because I believe there is no higher calling than the pursuit of justice. — Eric Schneiderman

Consider ye the seed from which ye sprang;
Ye were not made to live like unto brutes,
But for pursuit of virtue and of knowledge. — Dante Alighieri

We all are striving for something every minute of the day, whether we realize it or not. — Tim Hiller

It is a truth that we should not settle for less, but in the 21st century it is the constant pursuit for more that ruins many. — Hope D. Blackwell

Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for our sorrows. — Roger Scruton

Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole. — Aristophanes

For me, the only sources of moral values are the pursuit of understanding and the pursuit of happiness. — Matthew Stewart

Searching for truth without skepticism, is like having sex without a genital. — Abhijit Naskar

How shall we account for our pursuits, if they are original? We get the language with which to describe our various lives out of acommon mint. — Henry David Thoreau

Waking up is not a selfish pursuit of happiness, it is a revolutionary stance, from the inside out, for the benefit of all beings in existence. — Noah Levine

Someone else deciding what was too dangerous for me to be involved in or pursue had never stopped me yet. — Gwenda Bond

Designing posters, for me, is not only a commercial pursuit but also a philosophical endeavor. — Fang Chen

Live every single moment of your life, for the one thing that is most precious to you. — Abhijit Naskar

You must want it, to chase for it. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It would be better for us to have some doubts in an honest pursuit of truth, than it would be for us to be certain about something that was not true. — Daniel Wallace

I cannot imagine a sorrier pursuit than struggling for years to write a book that attempts to appeal to people who do not read in the first place. — Annie Dillard

Calm for too long begs the question of whether we're in an all-out pursuit of life, or we're all-out of the pursuit of life. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

As for me, I am in pursuit of excellence. I have no time to get old. — Will Eisner

I believe our clever young man has intuited that while only the pursuit of happiness is promised to all Americans, unhappiness is guaranteed for many. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

We can use marriage for the same purpose - to grow in our service, obedience, character, pursuit, and love of God. — Gary L. Thomas

I'm looking for little movies that are good instead of picking scripts in pursuit of superstardom. — Marisa Coughlan

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. — Oscar Wilde

All great men face challenges in the pursuit of their goals. However, the challenges did not deter them for pushing forward and realizing their goals. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I use the film industry as a pleasure for work and that kind of thing and it's not a pursuit to make me feel happy in my life. — Thandie Newton

You must passionately pursue your dreams for life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Much as we don't condone impunity, if pursuit for justice was in conflict with pursuit for peace, peace must prevail. — Bernard Membe

If you are made for flight, intended for it,
you had better find a pursuer, fast.
Otherwise, all that fleeing is going nowhere. — Dan Chiasson

We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common ... The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone. — Anita Hill

It is almost a guarantee that in the pursuit of security you will become more insecure. Inherent in the quest for security is its undoing. — Eve Ensler

The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail. — Tahir Shah

Be grateful for what you have, while in pursuit of what you want. — Jim Rohn

we see it as a means of sharing responsibility for acting together in pursuit of the common good. — Ed O'Malley

Be relentless in your pursuit for expansion. — Robert Greene

For the purpose of pursuit not to be stated is to invite threatening danger — Sunday Adelaja

No human pursuit achieves dignity until it can be called work, and when you can experience a physical loneliness for the tools of your trade, — Beryl Markham

It's never too late - not now, not ever - for you to pursue your passion. — Debbi Fields

My pursuit of science turns into a passion for spirituality. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A terrorist is one who kills innocents for the pursuit of a political aim. — Richard Armitage

Natural law is superior as it allows for the pursuit of virtue genuinely initiated from within and themselves. — Patrick Mendis

I hate how spiritual formation gets positioned as an optional pursuit for a small special interest group within the church. — John Ortberg

Life isn't worth living if you're not fighting for something. A lost cause is a life mission worthy of pursuit just to prove them wrong. — Shannon L. Alder

Nothing worthwhile comes easy ... a worthy pursuit, for the right reasons, is more precious than gold! — Chris Vonada

When the search for truth is confused with political advocacy, the pursuit of knowledge is reduced to the quest for power. — Alston Chase

Don't marry so you can stop pursuing women. Marry so you can perfect the pursuit of ONE woman for a lifetime. — John Piper

They cared for no one, they were outside humanity, and death, had it come, would only have continued their pursuit of a retreating horizon. — E. M. Forster

[If] a man doesn't have a job or an income, he has neither life nor liberty nor the possibility for the pursuit of happiness. He merely exists. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Pursuit of excellence is desire for divine fulfilment. — Lailah Gifty Akita

That kind of pursuit is not beneficial to mankind: art for self aggrandizement at the cost of love. — Anuradha Bhattacharyya

The challenge for the entrepreneur is to find your passion and make fear history. — Kevin Kelly DO The Pursuit Of Xcdeptional Execution

Love' is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete. — Plato

For many, many people, getting married is one of the most important things they will ever do in the pursuit of happiness. — Marianne Williamson

My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value. — Lance Loud

We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness. — Vince Lombardi

It is an important thing, in our never-ending pursuit of happiness, to stop and just be happy for a while. — Mark Twain

Nobody wants great things for you. They all want you to be something they deem important for them. — Abhijit Naskar

Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant. — Bayard Taylor

For irrelevancy to be cancelled in the church, let kingdom priority and pursuit be restored — Sunday Adelaja

Look what you can become in pursuit of what you want, and look out for what you become in the pursuit of what you want
don't compromise! — Jim Rohn

If you can't find what you're looking for, you're probably not looking hard and long enough. — Jay Mark Mateo Balmes

Nothing is so costly as the pursuit of a cure for imaginary ills. — Francois Fenelon

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

A strong pursuit, give no time for the enemy to think, take advantage of victory, uproot him, cut off his escape route. — Alexander Suvorov

What is it that's taken hold of me, for me to carry on like this in relentless pursuit of something beyond my powers? — Claude Monet

Search for the cause may be a hopeless pursuit because most disease states are the indirect outcome of a constellation of circumstances. — Rene Dubos

Happiness, as a pursuit, is suitable only for pigs. — Albert Einstein

He had an uncommon thirst for knowledge, in the pursuit of which he spared no cost nor pains. — Jonathan Edwards

I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit. — Mary Shelley

In pursuit of exposing people for who we think they are, we expose ourself. — Shannon L. Alder

Don't lose your happiness on the pursuit for more — Mike Stud

Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement. — Tom Peters

The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no longer true, if it ever was. — John Redwood

Pursuit of God, passion for life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money. — Robert Henri

What affirmation and denial are in the case of thinking, pursuit and avoidance are in the case of longing for something. — Aristotle.

It is not the pretended but the real pursuit of philosophy that is needed for we do not need the appearance of good health but to enjoy it in truth. — Epicurus

If there is one sin - or rather one waste - it is not doing what you have the inclination or gift for. — Oliver

People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit. — Gloria Steinem

Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole. — Aristophanes

We make a lot of detours, but we're always heading for the same destination — Paulo Coelho

The right to "liberty" and "pursuit" of happiness is incompatible with a government that makes choices for you. — A.E. Samaan

Leadership, pure and simple, is the assumption of responsibility for the pursuit of excellence in group life. — Philip Selznick

The direct pursuit of happiness is a recipe for an unhappy life. — Donald Campbell

It is a device of mine never to grudge trouble in the pursuit of what seems to me really good and never to grudge payment for it afterwards. — Georgiana Burne-Jones

Fishing is a quest for knowledge and wonder as much as a pursuit of fish. — Paul Schullery