Quotes About Pursuit

I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor'. And she said, 'Maybe not that'.

I am the scent that he will follow always, hunting for God.

lives were spent in pursuit of shadowy ends that remained ever just round the corner.

Every pursuit is great when greatly pursued.

La sal de la vida es la felicidad, y la felicidad existe; consiste en darle caza.

All human beings are alike in seeking happiness. Where they differ is in the objects from which they seek it and the strength they have to reach the objects they desire.

I am afraid because I can so clearly foresee my own life rotting away of itself, like a leaf that rots without falling, while I pursue my round of existence from day to day.

They scolded us for not having any real hopes or real ambitions, but if we were to pursue our true ideals, would these people watch and guide us along the way?

Those who abandon the world manage to do so only because they happen to have a little money saved up, however, A penniless man, though he may have every intention of leaving the world behind, will find that the world comes chasing after him.

The English country gentleman galloping after a fox -- the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.

Our reach must exceed our grasp.

I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.

The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.

Can you imagine doing something in your life that will be fully satisfying and redeeming for your having tried to do it, whether you succeeded in it or failed, and that, correspondingly, would be fully shameful had you not tried to do it?

Follow, poet, follow right to the bottom of the night. I have no choice but to pursue the deepest truth my life has given me.

Walt was a dreamer, but one who pursued his goals with clarity and an almost ferocious intensity." JACK KINNEY DISNEY ANIMATOR

It is generally a bad thing when someone hunting you is polite. It means they are sure they can take you anytime they want to.

Not mere luck. I am stalking Mercy. Of course I was around, because that's what stalkers do, or so I've read. It's my new hobby.

I've been riding horses since I was eight. I've never ridden well. Still, there's nothing I'd rather do.

The Grim Reaper doesn't disappear... he catches up.

So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn't want to be an actor. I just wanted to be Michael J. Fox for awhile. And then, I realized that he was an actor, so I pursued that.

When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer.

Voleva evadere, fuggire sempre più lontano, rompere brutalmente con la vita quotidiana, per respirare all'aria aperta. E c'era poi, di tanto in tanto, quel timore panico di fronte alla prospettiva che le comparse che ti sei lasciato alle spalle potessero ritrovarti e venirti a chiedere conto di qualunque cosa. Bisognava nascondersi per sfuggire a quei ricattatori sperando un giorno definitivamente fuori dalla loro portata.

We live in a profoundly religious country, and we are a prosperous people. But we are also a broken people—a people who have pursued the God of our own imaginations, believing we can re-create His character to suit our own practical problems. The result? We are the most religious nation in the world, but, like the Laodiceans, many are lukewarm.