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Quotes About Pursuit

Orlando, sevda orman? sana göre yer de?ildir! Alçakça tuzaklar?ndan seni hiçbir kalkan?n koruyamayaca?? bir dü?man?n pe?inden ko?uyorsun.
~ Italo Calvino
M'accorgo che correndo verso Y ciò che più desidero non è trovare Y al termine della mia corsa: voglio che sia Y a correre verso di me, è questa la risposta di cui ho bisogno, cioè ho bisogno che lei sappia che io sto correndo verso di lei ma nello stesso tempo ho bisogno di sapere che lei sta correndo verso di me.
~ Italo Calvino
La letteratura vive solo se si pone degli obbiettivi smisurati, anche al di là d'ogni possibilità di realizzazione.
~ Italo Calvino
If the cavaliere, heading toward the pirate ship, meant to reach this Zaira, she must be a woman who was there in those Ottoman countries. Maybe his whole life had been dominated by longing for that woman; maybe she was the image of lost happiness that he pursued by raising bees or designing canals.
~ Italo Calvino
Pursuing the goal, the leader never looks back or calculates escape strategies if plans turn sour. Nor does a true leader cast blame for failure on subordinates.
~ J Oswald Sanders
An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.
~ J. D. Salinger
He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though...keep up with my news...check if I'm happy...
~ J. K. Rowling
Holy ambition has always been surrounded by distortions.
~ J. Oswald Sanders
Time presses. Death waits even for us. We have a dream to pursue, the whitest white hope of them all, and we must follow and find it before the light fails. So long, losers. God bless. Take care. We'll be seeing you.
~ Dalton Trumbo
Onderweg waarheen? Die vraag lijkt nog aan discussie onderhevig.
~ Damon Galgut
Fasting from any nourishment, activity, involvement or pursuit—for any season—sets the stage for God to appear. Fasting is not a tool to pry wisdom out of God's hands or to force needed insight about a decision. Fasting is not a tool for gaining discipline or developing piety (whatever that might be). Instead, fasting is the bulimic act of ridding ourselves of our fullness to attune our senses to the mysteries that swirl in and around us."—Dan B. Allender, PhD
~ Dan B. Allender
I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Not its attainment, nor its final definition, but its pursuit. I believe in the journey, not the arrival;
~ Unknown
So part of the issue is—do you want to do something great—in any area? If you are content with mediocrity in your life, then you will try to protect yourself from any failure. Just recognize the trade-off.
~ Dan Miller
How can you tell somebody whose is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made?
~ Dan Savage
I don't think that sin and pursuing happiness are not necessarily the same thing.
~ Dan Savage
The truly revolutionary promise of our nation's founding document is the freedom to pursue happiness-with-a-capital-H.
~ Dan Savage
How can you tell somebody who is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made?
~ Dan Savage
He pursued a lifetime of abuse that could only come from a warped relationship with the future.
~ Dana Spiotta
Two admirals, both on a desperate chase. One after a Frenchman's fleet—and the other, after a Pirate Queen's heart.
~ Unknown
We don't do things we aren't good at by nature. I wouldn't play basketball because I'm only 5' 1". Find what you enjoy - whether it's racing, flying a helicopter, being a doctor, or stitching clothes together. Once you've done that, you have the passion you need.
~ Danica Patrick
In my spiritual and academic journeys, I have learned that it is imperative for Christians to pursue truth at all costs.
~ Unknown
People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end.
~ Daniel Gilbert
Why reach for something you can never fully attain? But it's also a source of allure. Why not reach for it? The joy is in the pursuit more than the realization. In the end, mastery attracts precisely because mastery eludes.
~ Daniel H. Pink
Gek hoe de opwinding van de jacht je vergaat als jij degene bent die wordt opgejaagd.
~ Unknown