Quotes About Pursuit

Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.

Once we have seen Him in a stable, we can never be sure where He will appear or to what lengths he will go or to what ludicrous depths of self-humiliation He will descend in His wild pursuit of men.

and yet the courage that could risk betrayal and the bravery which was ready to encounter death, if need be, in pursuit of freedom, were essential features in the undertaking.

Humanity does not strive for happiness; only the English do.

Happiness runneth after me. That is because I do not run after women. Happiness, however, is a woman.

people who run must have something to run from, and half the time it's not there and half the time, of course, it is; only you never know which is which

purging trial, fidelities through storm, perseverance through mediocrities, and pursuit of Divine destiny through the allurements of earth.

Goodness by its nature is lovable and love finds it impossible not to pursue goodness.

Every human being was wired with the desire for happiness. And we will try different things all in the pursuit of that feeling.

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

Cinderella was dreaming of a different life. That's what I was doing, watching soaps, wishing I could be one of those glamorous girls on TV. I auditioned, and I ended up booking the role. It changed my life.

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.

That part of Christ's nature which was profoundly human helps us to understand him and love him and to pursue his Passion as though it were our own. If he had not within him this warm human element, he would never be able to touch our hearts with such assurance and tenderness; he would not be able to become a model for our lives.

Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.

One day I woke up, had an early mid-life crisis, and decided it all had to change. I went and did Logan Murray's comedy course for 11 weeks and then started sneakily doing open-spot gigs, and that was it.

My stepfather had a connection with The Second City and told me I should go there. I woke up in a cold sweat one night and said, 'I'm moving to Chicago.' That's how I went to Second City.

It's important to be driven and have goals. You want an independent woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to go after it. It's attractive to me when a woman is doing what she loves. It makes me want to know more.

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea.

People who become 'elite' at what they do aren't striving to be 'elite' just to join some special club. They take great joy and satisfaction in the pursuit of mastery, and they compete against themselves, not others.

Although I was really interested in physics, I think I wanted to do it because I thought it was really hard. I did theoretical physics.

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

I always had the theory that if you have a dream, chase it. And I'm chasing it.

Boxing isn't a career. Acting is it for me. But they're both very therapeutic.

An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex.