Quotes About Pursuit

To prosper in this world, to gain felicity, victory and improvement, either for a man or a nation, there is but one thing requisite, That the man or nation can discern what the true regulations of the Universe are in regard to him and his pursuit, and can faithfully and steadfastly follow these.

Having wealth is damaging to the pursuit of the kingdom because the very having does something to one's inner life, one's very ability to love God for his own goodness and others in and for him.

I've always had way too much energy so I'm always looking for new things to do to channel that energy.

When I moved to New York City in 1965, I wanted to be in theater. I was following my Ethel Barrymore dream. But I was too young to be Ethel.

I moved to New York City in the '80s to be an actress and to be on Broadway. That was always my dream.

You have to follow that next step.

There's never going to be a decathlon that you're going to have 10 events that your satisfied with. You're always, always going to be dissatisfied in something, and that always draws you back to try to retry that the next time you do a decathlon. It's like you go for the perfect 10.

We've seen unscrupulous legal firms racking up legal aid bills for fabricated accusations. And we've seen attempts by them to pursue cases that stand no chance of a conviction, putting those accused through hell.

I had no idea how to make it as an actor. But I knew I wanted to.

I started comedy as a hobby with no intention of making it my career.

I have realized that there is no point doing a small film.

Don't run," Fanny advised. "That will only arouse his primal male urge to pursue fleeing prey.

You just have to go after what you want and if it doesn't want you back then so be it; it doesn't deserve you anyways.

Once more I realized to what an extent earthly happiness is made to the measure of man. It is not a rare bird which we must pursue at one moment in heaven, at the next in our minds. Happiness is a domestic bird found in our own courtyards.

My mother was like a cat who could never catch the tail of happiness because she never stopped chasing it.

if you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer's always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

If you don't go after what you want, you will never have it; If you don't ask, the answer is always no; If you don't step forward, you are always in the same place.

moving around. I got my gun.

Served her right, he thought, riling him up the way she had. Hurt your foot? The amused and satisfied tone didn't escape her notice. I stepped on a rock while I was running after this big, stupid culo. Which would be me.

On bad days, Eli considered Wolfe his personal Javert—doggedly, obsessively pursuing him for a crime he didn't commit.

A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.

Imagine if Jesus chased you around, trying to catch you and save your soul.

Money gives you permission to just walk away from everything that isn't pretty and perfect. You can't put up with anything less than lovely. You spend your life running, avoiding, escaping.

Imagine if Jesus chased you around, trying to catch you and save your soul. Not just a patient passive God, but a hardworking, aggressive bloodhound. We want the criminal to confess during the trial. We want him to be exposed in the drawing room scene, surrounded by his peers. The detective is a shepherd, and we want the criminal back in the fold, returned to us. We love him. We miss him. We want to hug him. Mona