Quotes About Pursuit

I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition.

I am ambitious and I want to play as much as possible.

I am ambitious to do more than what has been offered me. I want to be the best in whatever career I choose and I don't think I can get there as an actor.

The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.

Some hunt heiresses, others a legacy; some fish for souls, yet others sell their clients, bound hand and foot. Every one who comes back from the chase with his game-bag well filled meets with a warm welcome in good society.

No ascent is too steep for mortals. Heaven itself we seek in our folly.

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

To follow somebody, without them knowing that you're doing it, is not the doddle they make it seem in films. I've had some experience of professional following, and a lot more experience of professional going back to the office and saying 'we lost him'. Unless your quarry is deaf, tunnel-sighted and lame, you need at least a dozen people and fifteen thousand quids-worth of short-wave radio to make a decent go of it.

No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth to the things of heaven.

Escape is a commodity like anything else

For the genuine believer] There are moments in life when God's pursuit of us seems like that of a persistent mosquito, constantly buzzing around our heads and causing us pain, and we are utterly powerless to shake him off.

Poor greedy one, wherever he runs He's after food, and death is after him. (Saadi)

Aquello que buscas en tu retiro, yo lo veo claramente en todas las carreteras y caminos.

Pobre avaro, donde quiera que vaya, él persigue alimentos, y la muerte lo persigue a él. (Saadi)

Sometimes he tries to catch her, wading frantically through earth that has turned to water, or sometimes through air. Sometimes she tries to catch him. They never catch each other, no matter what.

I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears. —"The Hound of Heaven" (FRANCIS THOMPSON, 1859–1907)

Insegui ciò che ami o finirai per amare ciò che trovi.

Gorman sensed it was looking for him but could not find him. After several minutes of quartering the area, the object flew toward the ridge and Gorman climbed out from his hiding place and began shouting and taunting the object. Gorman said it blinked several times on and off and then flew away.

I'm the land and the bones of the hills. I'm winter. When I die, I'll pursue you in the coldest nights.

You do not hunt a man who comes looking for you," Temujin reminded him softly.

You can't hunt a man if he's searching for you

and skidded to a halt before him. "The prisoners are gone, Lionheart!

I didn't look over my shoulder; there wasn't a sound behind me on the pavement, but I knew he was coming slowly after me. The crawl of the skin up and down my back told me. Little needles of warning that gathered at the back of my skull told me. I'd never known until then that the jungles aren't so very far behind us, after all, and tails, and four feet instead of two. Where else did those symptoms come from? ("Don't Wait Up For Me, Tonight")

That was the beauty of horse stealing, though—you could always ride your stolen property.