Quotes About Pursuit

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

All men have happiness as their object: there are no exceptions. However different the means they employ they aim at the same end.

Everyone without exception is searching for happiness.

We must be happy with what we want when we are in pursuit of what we want.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is at their heels.

I learned from a very young age that if I persued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness.

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.

To pursue happiness for its own sake is the surest way to lose it.

What are we all chasing? Nella wonders. To live, of course. To be unbound from the invisible ropes that Johannes spoke of in his study. Or to be happy in them, at least.

You shouldn't change your mind, your heart. Go get happy.

Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest

Chasing meaning is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort.

Ours is an age which consciously pursues health, and yet only believes in the reality of sickness.

The Lord help me to press after God forever

My religion makes no sense and does not help me therefore I pursue it.

It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.

We must be happy with what we got when we are in pursuit of what we want.

Most people are not going after what they want. Even some of the most serious goal seekers and goal setters, they're going after what they think they can get.

Regardless of how far we have come, we are still looking for answers.

The history of my state of Oklahoma offers a great example of pursuing the American Dream. It was built and settled by pioneers moving West to seek better lives.

A new chapter in the history of international politics has begun, one in which the pursuit and control of energy resources would be the central dynamic of world affairs, and governments.

It is one of history's greatest ironies that, over the centuries, the pursuit of pleasure has resulted in more pain than enjoyment.

History is not like some individual person, which uses men to achieve its ends. History is nothing but the actions of men in pursuit of their ends.

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.