Quotes by Pursuit Nothing is so costly as the pursuit of a cure for imaginary ills. Francois Fenelon imaginary pursuit cures I and my colleagues here have been engaged in the pursuit of knowledge. Frederick Sanger colleagues pursuit engagement Gambling is a most foolish and imprudent pursuit. Fyodor Dostoevsky pursuit gambling foolish The pursuit of the difficult makes men strong George W. Romney pursuit strong men It is a device of mine never to grudge trouble in the pursuit of what seems to me really good and never to grudge payment for it afterwards. Georgiana Burne-Jones grudge pursuit trouble The pursuit of perfection prevents achievement of the satisfactory. George Will pursuit achievement perfection When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity. Gerry Adams pursuit unity people Happiness and beauty are by-products. Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty. George Bernard Shaw pursuit folly happiness Where there is no desire or pursuits, there is no wholeness. But there are satisfying lesser states, fragments. Gore Vidal pursuit states desire Happiness consists in the full employment of our faculties in some pursuit. Harriet Martineau pursuit employment anticipation I like solitary pursuits, such as reading or pottering about in the garden. Hayley Mills pursuit garden reading Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties. Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux pursuit difficulty knowledge Indiscriminate pursuit of perfection infallibly leads to mediocrity. Henry Fuseli pursuit mediocrity perfection History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated. Henry Adams pursuit rich history As we grow older and mature in each incarnation, we are drawn back to samskaras, to previous interests and pursuits. Frederick Lenz samskara pursuit mature It is God’s passionate pursuit of us that calls us to prayer. Henri Nouwen pursuit passionate prayer Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. Herbert Spencer pursuit serious science A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor. Henry David Thoreau leisure clergymen pursuit Essentially pursuit of happiness is saying, everything's allowed until we come down on it. Howard Rheingold pursuit pursuit-of-happiness As many men as there are existing, so many are their different pursuits. Horace pursuit different men «123456789»